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Rex Posted 19 years ago
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Look or looking

0The girl in question is very beautiful. Which is the correct one to tell her?02br
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001. 00You are looking lovely tonight.02br
002 . 00You look lovely tonight.0-
  

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0 01blockquote 01cite 10Rex12cite 10The girl in question is very beautiful. 12br 12br 101. 12br 102 .

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01cite10Rex12cite10The girl in question is very beautiful. Which is the correct one to tell her?12br
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101. 10You are looking lovely tonight.12br
102 . 10You look lovely tonight.12br
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10I would choose #2.02br
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0"are looking" shows that it's possibly temporary.02br
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00You always look pretty, but tonight you are looking paricularly beautiful...0-
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01b00look 02b00can't be progressive except in special cases, such as that one shown by GG. 0230hrefhttp://www.english-zone.com/verbs/prgverbchrt.html
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