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"It sounds a little presumptuous to be telling anyone how to read a book."
... to be telling ....
What tense is that — what is that? would mind making some example too?
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"to be telling" is a progressive infinitive, aka continuous infinitive. ", just as "I am telling" is the progressive-tense form of "I tell". In your example, the effect of "to be telling" (versus "to tell") is to give a stronger or more vivid sense of activity being carried out.
- "to be telling" is a progressive infinitive, aka continuous infinitive.
- ", just as "I am telling" is the progressive-tense form of "I tell".
- In your example, the effect of "to be telling" (versus "to tell") is to give a stronger or more vivid sense of activity being carried out.
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"to be telling" is a progressive infinitive, aka continuous infinitive.
"It sounds presumptuous to be telling ..." is the progressive-tense form of "It sounds presumptuous to tell ...", just as "I am telling" is the progressive-tense form of "I tell".
In your example, the effect of "to be telling" (versus "to tell") is to give a stronger or more vivid sense of activity being carri
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It was just nice to be doing your own thing at your own pace.
As I said earlier, he really is the wrong guy to be telling us this.
It may seem a bit early to be listening for frogs, but wood frogs emerge early.
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