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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
Is STOP dynamic? + preposition problem
Hello everyone!
I am writting to you guys to get some help because i disagree a bit with my English teacher. First of all i should apologize for my English which still isn´t as good as i wish to be and sometimes i really do a stupid mistakes which maybe result in hopefully small misunderstandings. Hope this isnt that case!
1) I asked teacher if i can use word STOP as a dynamic one. For example : The train isn´t stopping at this station - in meaning that it isn´t stopping there only in these days but normally it does! She said that i can use it when speaking about future or if it was a situation happening just now - e.g. - I will be inside of the train and wondering why the train isn´t stopping at the station we are just passing through.
But in her opinion when it is temporary situation is better (more usual) to say: The train doesn´t stop here ...even if it´sjust a temporary situation!
2) Second question has nothing to do with my English teacher but still it makes me feel uncomfortable and not sel- confident when speaking! Maybe i am to focued on grammar tha i should be....but still...
Here we go...
They could meet for a 37th time in the World Tour Finals, the year-end event featuring the tour’s best players that ends Sunday in London.
I have asked many people on Czech forum but everybody has responded me that it has the same meaning as if there were a preposition ON before Sunday! Is it true? I have always thought that it is necessary tu put there ON before e.g. Sunday!
Thank for your support guys! This is the first time i have posted here so don´t punish me if i did something wrong
Thank you!
I am writting to you guys to get some help because i disagree a bit with my English teacher. First of all i should apologize for my English which still isn´t as good as i wish to be and sometimes i really do a stupid mistakes which maybe result in hopefully small misunderstandings. Hope this isnt that case!
1) I asked teacher if i can use word STOP as a dynamic one. For example : The train isn´t stopping at this station - in meaning that it isn´t stopping there only in these days but normally it does! She said that i can use it when speaking about future or if it was a situation happening just now - e.g. - I will be inside of the train and wondering why the train isn´t stopping at the station we are just passing through.
But in her opinion when it is temporary situation is better (more usual) to say: The train doesn´t stop here ...even if it´sjust a temporary situation!
2) Second question has nothing to do with my English teacher but still it makes me feel uncomfortable and not sel- confident when speaking! Maybe i am to focued on grammar tha i should be....but still...
Here we go...
They could meet for a 37th time in the World Tour Finals, the year-end event featuring the tour’s best players that ends Sunday in London.
I have asked many people on Czech forum but everybody has responded me that it has the same meaning as if there were a preposition ON before Sunday! Is it true? I have always thought that it is necessary tu put there ON before e.g. Sunday!
Thank for your support guys! This is the first time i have posted here so don´t punish me if i did something wrong
Thank you!Top answer
even if it´sjust a temporary situation! For example: The local train stops at every possible station, but the express train stops only at the larger stations. The intercity train stops only at stations in big cities.
- even if it´sjust a temporary situation!
- For example: The local train stops at every possible station, but the express train stops only at the larger stations.
- The intercity train stops only at stations in big cities.
- " It defines the rules of the different classes of trains.
- The bus is not stopping here because no one is waiting at the bus stop.
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AnonymousBut in her opinion when it is temporary situation is better (more usual) to say: The train doesn´t stop here ...even if it´sjust a temporary situation!For example: The local train stops at every possible station, but the express train stops only at the larger stations. The intercity train stops only at stations in big cities.
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Thank you very much for your answer but i am still not sure if i understand well why i can´t say: This train isn´t stopping at Conolly Station these days because i can say e.g.: Somebody is stealing our flowers from the garden these days!
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Please practice the grammar rule "Always capitalize the first person pronoun, I."
Conversation:
A: Thanks for the directions. I can catch the train at Conolly Station.
B The trains aren't stopping at Conolly Station these days. They are repairing the tracks and trains are diverted through Jester Junction. (The progressive is OK; it means a temporary inconvenience. But t
Conversation:
A: Thanks for the directions. I can catch the train at Conolly Station.
B The trains aren't stopping at Conolly Station these days. They are repairing the tracks and trains are diverted through Jester Junction. (The progressive is OK; it means a temporary inconvenience. But t
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Sorry for that mistake!
AlpheccaStarshe trains aren't stopping at Conolly Station these days.
AlpheccaStarsBut the preference is to use the simple present.But why is it prefered to use present simple for something what is temporary and doesn´t happen always or regularly??
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The simple present:
The trains don't stop at Conolly Station these days.
It's just a fact. It says nothing about the future.
The trains don't stop at Conolly Station these days.
It's just a fact. It says nothing about the future.
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According to many grammar books present simple is used only for situations which are always true or happen regularly. So I am a bit confused now because the fact that trains aren´t stopping there in these days isn´t something what usually happens! I just wasn´t and I am still not sure if I can use the word stop in progressive tense in this case.
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AnonymousAccording to many grammar books present simple is used only for situations which are always true or happen regularly.That's a simplistic explanation.
Simple present:
Universal truths: The sun rises in the east and sets in the west.
Current snapshot in present time: I am cold. I want to go inside where it's warm.
Near future pla
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Yes and that´s what doesn´t make sense coz the sentence: Trains aren´t stopping at Conollly Station isn´t regularly but temporary situation which is happening just these days due to e. g. reconstruction - but normally it stops at this station! So I am still confused why it is more prefered using present simple instead of present continuous?!
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AnonymousSo I am still confused why it is more prefered using present simple instead of present continuous?!There is no set rule on this. When one person prefers the continuous, another one prefers the simple present. I prefer the simple present (I am a native American speaker.) Use either one. No one will criticize you.
It's like your 5 year old ch
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