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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

Is present simple suitable here?

girlfrien is phoning her boyfriend, who is in a cafe and says: " I've been trying to phone you for 3 hours while you are sitting in a bar and you don't care about me!"

Is this sentence correct? Can i mix present continuous and present continuos?
  

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Is this sentence correct? Can I mix present continuous and simple present ? Yes, you can.

— Rover_KE

  • Is this sentence correct?
  • Can I mix present continuous and simple present ?
  • Yes, you can.
  • Rover
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Is this sentence correct? Can I mix present continuous and simple present?

Yes, you can.

Rover
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AnonymousI've been trying to phone you for 3 hours while you are sitting in a bar and you don't care about me!
You can mix tenses, but I wouldn't do it this way. It gives the impression: I was phoning while you were not caring about me. I think the intent is to say that he never cares about you, not just while you were phoning. To avoid this impression I w
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Thank you guys! Could you check this thread I've created http://forum.wordreference.com/showthread.php?t=2456527
It is very similiar!

I am asking you because I was told that it was impossible to say that, but maybe
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