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Healer Posted 4 years ago
Grammar

Present continuous for repetition

Do we use present continuous for repetition or habit? What is the difference in usage?

-I do that every day.

-I'm doing that every day.

Some say the latter is for known definite period. Any truth in that?

Can the same be applied to actions in the past or the future?

Thanks for comments!

  

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healer -I do that every day. -I'm doing that every day. The present continuous is rarely used that way.

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  • healer -I do that every day.
  • -I'm doing that every day.
  • The present continuous is rarely used that way.
  • It is primarily used for an ongoing activity occurring at the present time.
  • The only example I could think of was an emphasis on a change in the frequency of an activity.
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healer-I do that every day.
-I'm doing that every day.

The present continuous is rarely used that way. It is primarily used for an ongoing activity occurring at the present time.

The only example I could think of was an emphasis on a change in the frequency of an activity.
Maybe others can come up with other examples.

e.g.

I used

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healerDo we use present continuous for repetition or habit?

You can.

healer

-I do that every day.

-I'm doing that every day.

Some say the latter is for known definite period.

Something like that. Yes. Often the continuous indicates a habit or an activity that is done only for a limited amount of

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