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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

Please help with present continuous

Please is it correct to write?
I am already uploading a video.

The version which I like more is: I am just uploading a video.
I am unsure if a native speaker would use the first alternative?

Thank you so much
Jan
  

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Your first version is correct. You can't use your second version because "just" (when used as an adverb of time) means "very recently", and not "now" (and the present continuous in your example doesn't go well together with "very recently"). A native speaker would certainly intepret the just in your sentence as simply/only.

— Ivanhr

  • Your first version is correct.
  • You can't use your second version because "just" (when used as an adverb of time) means "very recently", and not "now" (and the present continuous in your example doesn't go well together with "very recently").
  • A native speaker would certainly intepret the just in your sentence as simply/only.
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Your first version is correct.

You can't use your second version because "just" (when used as an adverb of time) means "very recently", and not "now" (and the present continuous in your example doesn't go well together with "very recently").

A native speaker would certainly intepret the just in your sentence as simply/only.
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AnonymousI am already uploading a video.
This is grammatically correct. The question is whether it says what you want it to say. already suggests "unexpectedly early". It would be appropriate in the following situation:

— Can you upload a video for me, as I asked you to do?
— I've already started. I'm already uploading a video for you.
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Thank you Ivanhr and CalifJim. Your answers helped me very much.
Have a nice day
Jan
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