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Stephanie. Posted 7 years ago
Grammar
Postpone in progressive tense?
Dear teachers,
I saw in Google NGram viewer that the verb postpone is mainly used in simple tenses, not progressive.
Is there a specific rule why this happens? I need to analyze the word.
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I don't see anything particularly special or notable about "postpone" in this regard. g. "We are postponing the meeting for a day or two".
- I don't see anything particularly special or notable about "postpone" in this regard.
- g.
- "We are postponing the meeting for a day or two".
- Maybe the progressive tenses are less common than simple tenses; maybe the same is true for numerous verbs ...
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I don't see anything particularly special or notable about "postpone" in this regard. It can be used in progressive tenses in the right sentence context; e.g. "We are postponing the meeting for a day or two". Maybe the progressive tenses are less common than simple tenses; maybe the same is true for numerous verbs ...
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