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Adonis1013 Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Need your help. Thanks

Dear all,

Could you tell me why the progressive tense is used in the following sentence? What does it want to emphasize? And I am not sure the meaning of get any time of off work. Thank you for your help.

December 27th, she answered, but I told her that I was teaching that day, and couldn't get any time of off work.

Thanks again.
  

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adonis1013 time of off work Are you sure you transcribed this correctly. It's time off of work , not time of off work . adonis1013 I told her that I was teaching that day = I told her that I was going to be teaching that day = I told her that I would be teaching that day.

— CalifJim

  • adonis1013 time of off work Are you sure you transcribed this correctly.
  • It's time off of work , not time of off work .
  • adonis1013 I told her that I was teaching that day = I told her that I was going to be teaching that day = I told her that I would be teaching that day.
  • ) This is the analog in the past to the present progressive used to indicate the future, as in I'm teaching tomorrow = I will be teaching tomorrow.
  • _______________ to get time off of work = to be granted permission not to go to work CJ
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adonis1013time of off work
Are you sure you transcribed this correctly. It's time off of work, not time of off work.

adonis1013I told her that I was teaching that day
= I told her that I was going to be teaching that day = I told her that I would be teaching that day. (Conceptually this is the futur
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