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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

Living?

My grandma lives alone in Taiwan now.
or My grandma is living alone in Taiwan now.
Are both sentences useable and interchangeable?
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Hi, Yes: As they stand, they seem to mean the same. I prefer the second version because of the word now . Regards

— Regards

  • Hi, Yes: As they stand, they seem to mean the same.
  • I prefer the second version because of the word now .
  • Regards
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Hi,

Yes: As they stand, they seem to mean the same. I prefer the second version because of the word now.

Regards
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AnonymousMy grandma lives alone in Taiwan now.or My grandma is living alone in Taiwan now. Are both sentences useable and interchangeable?
Well, the meanings are not quite the same:

[1] My grandma lives alone in Taiwan now.
[2] My grandma is living alone in Taiwan now.

In [1] the present tense implies a permanent arrangement
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