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Vincent Teo Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

Living / staying in the coop

Can I say,

(a) The chickens are staying / living in the coop.

(b) The chickens stays / lives in the coop.
  

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(a) indicates that the chickens are there now (b) tell us this a general fact. It should be 'stay' or 'live'. "The sun is going down": The event is happening right now; it is evening and the sun is going down.

— Ferdis

  • (a) indicates that the chickens are there now (b) tell us this a general fact.
  • It should be 'stay' or 'live'.
  • "The sun is going down": The event is happening right now; it is evening and the sun is going down.
  • "The sun goes down": A fact of life; this always happens, but it may be morning right now.
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(a) indicates that the chickens are there now

(b) tell us this a general fact. It should be 'stay' or 'live'.

"The sun is going down": The event is happening right now; it is evening and the sun is going down.

"The sun goes down": A fact of life; this always happens, but it may be morning right now.
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