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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
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manging to stay afloat

The recession is over and someone says

How did you manage to stay afloat during the recession?

If the recession is ongoing

Which would be said?

How are you managing to stay afloat?
How are you managing to be staying afloat?
None of the above.

The game is over and someone says
How did they manage to lose against such a bad team?

If the game is ongoing and the team is losing by 20 points how would you say the sentence then.

How are you managing to be losing against such a bad team?
How are you managing to lose against such a bad team?
How do you manage to be losing against such a bad team?
None of the above
  

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The recession is over and someone says How did you manage to stay afloat during the recession? If the recession is ongoing , Which would be said? How are you managing to stay afloat?

  • The recession is over and someone says How did you manage to stay afloat during the recession?
  • If the recession is ongoing , Which would be said?
  • How are you managing to stay afloat?
  • The second option would not be incorrect.
  • Just bad style.
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The recession is over and someone says

How did you manage to stay afloat during the recession?

If the recession is ongoing, Which would be said?

How are you managing to stay afloat? The second option would not be incorrect. Just bad style.
How are you managing to be staying afloat?

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