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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
Pres. Simple vs. Pres. continuous in future arrangements. When do we use which?
I don't really see a difference between "He is playing football at 6'30 this evening" and "The match begins at 6'30 next monday evening" BUT "I am seeing my dentist next Friday". Where is the difference? When do I use one or another? It changes any sense?
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Anonymous I don't really see a difference There isn't much difference to see. Often the continuous form is used when the speaker has made the plan and can still change it if necessary, but the simple form is used when someone or some organization that the speaker has no control over has fixed the plan so that the speaker cannot change it. So in general, native speakers feel that the simple form shows that the speaker feels the arrangement cannot be changed for any reason while the continuous form allows for more flexibility.
- Anonymous I don't really see a difference There isn't much difference to see.
- Often the continuous form is used when the speaker has made the plan and can still change it if necessary, but the simple form is used when someone or some organization that the speaker has no control over has fixed the plan so that the speaker cannot change it.
- So in general, native speakers feel that the simple form shows that the speaker feels the arrangement cannot be changed for any reason while the continuous form allows for more flexibility.
- The plane leaves at 8 tonight.
- ) I'm leaving for Los Angeles tomorrow morning.
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AnonymousI don't really see a differenceThere isn't much difference to see.
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