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Vincent Teo Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
Is living / lives
Can I say,
(a) The rhinoceros is living / lives in the jungle.
(b) The rhinoceros is finding food / finding for food at the jungle.
(c) The rhinoceros stays / is staying in the jungle.
(a) The rhinoceros is living / lives in the jungle.
(b) The rhinoceros is finding food / finding for food at the jungle.
(c) The rhinoceros stays / is staying in the jungle.
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(a) The rhinoceros lives in the jungle. (b) The rhinoceros finds food in the jungle. (c) The rhinoceros stays in the jungle.
- (a) The rhinoceros lives in the jungle.
- (b) The rhinoceros finds food in the jungle.
- (c) The rhinoceros stays in the jungle.
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(a) The rhinoceros lives in the jungle.
(b) The rhinoceros finds food in the jungle.
(c) The rhinoceros stays in the jungle.
(b) The rhinoceros finds food in the jungle.
(c) The rhinoceros stays in the jungle.
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Thanks, but why don't we say:
"is living" or " is staying" in the jungle?
When I'm going to talk about them at that moment where do they live ?
"is living" or " is staying" in the jungle?
When I'm going to talk about them at that moment where do they live ?
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Because their living there is a fact and not a temporary action you can refer to in your speech.
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