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Reegis Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

Long working hours are contributing to accidents at work.

Hello.

Please have a look at the sentence below:

Long working hours are contributing to accidents at work.

In what context would you use this sentence?

It sounds like a general statement and I am wondering how to justify using the present continuous tense. I think that normally we would say 'Long working hours contribute to accidents at work' - am I correct?

Maybe we could use it like this:
Recently we have had a lot of work in our company, with many people working overtime. We can see that currently long working hours are contributing to accidents at work.
  

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Long working hours are contributing to accidents at work. Says what is happening now. Long working hours contribute to accidents at work.

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  • Long working hours are contributing to accidents at work.
  • Says what is happening now.
  • Long working hours contribute to accidents at work.
  • States a general fact.
  • Recently we have had a lot of (extra) work at our company, with many people working overtime.
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Long working hours are contributing to accidents at work.
Says what is happening now.

Long working hours contribute to accidents at work.
States a general fact.

Recently we have had a lot of (extra) work at our company, with many people working overtime. We can see that currently long working hours are contributing to accidents at
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