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Red train 520 Posted 6 years ago
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Are you thinking the fish is cooked now? >>> The wrong sentence

My sentence: Do you think the fish is cooking now?

  

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red train 520 Are you thinking the fish is cooked now? " is not necessarily wrong in informal English. red train 520 My sentence: Do you think the fish is cooking now?

  • red train 520 Are you thinking the fish is cooked now?
  • " is not necessarily wrong in informal English.
  • red train 520 My sentence: Do you think the fish is cooking now?
  • This is correct English, but note the difference between "is cooked" and "is cooking".
  • This sentence is asking whether the process of cooking is happening now.
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red train 520Are you thinking the fish is cooked now? >>> The wrong sentence

"Do you think (that) the fish is cooked now?" is more standard, but in fact "Are you thinking the fish is cooked now?" is not necessarily wrong in informal English.

red train 520My sentence: Do you think the fish is cooking now?

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