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Teo Posted 20 years ago
Grammar
present progressive (every night)
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02 br 02 br 01 font 00 1. 02 font 00 Perhaps this is a program that has been watched by millions of people every night for 10 years. 02 br 02 br 01 font 00 2.
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- 02 font 00 Perhaps this is a program that has been watched by millions of people every night for 10 years.
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- 02 font 00 This sounds much more immediate, much more related to the recent past and recent future.
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01 font 00 What's the difference in meaning between the following sentences? 02 font 00 They suggest that the time frames referenced are of different lengths or durations. 02 br
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3. The man drives the car every day.
4. The man is driving the car every day.
5. The boy brings the milk every morning.
6. The boy is bringing the milk every morning.
What's the difference in meaning between the above pairs?
4. The man is driving the car every day.
5. The boy brings the milk every morning.
6. The boy is bringing the milk every morning.
What's the difference in meaning between the above pairs?
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Hi Sitifan,
Please read my earlier reply, particularly the comment that
They suggest that the time frames referenced are of different lengths or durations.
Now consider how this can apply to your new examples.
If you still have queries, please post again.
Best wishes, Clive
Please read my earlier reply, particularly the comment that
They suggest that the time frames referenced are of different lengths or durations.
Now consider how this can apply to your new examples.
If you still have queries, please post again.
Best wishes, Clive
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3. The man drives the car every day.
4. The man is driving the car every day.
5. The boy brings the milk every morning.
6.? The boy is bringing the milk every morning.
#3 and #5 are correct. A native speaker of British English tells me that while it would be acceptable to say The man is driving the car every day., since
4. The man is driving the car every day.
5. The boy brings the milk every morning.
6.? The boy is bringing the milk every morning.
#3 and #5 are correct. A native speaker of British English tells me that while it would be acceptable to say The man is driving the car every day., since
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I will let Clive speak for himself on this, but I think he has already explained quite well how the meanings of the simple present and the progressive present differ when an adverb of habit occurs with them.
The simple form signals no time interval at all. Thus, an every-day occurrence expressed with the simple present (as is most usual) may be thought of as always having taken place, a
The simple form signals no time interval at all. Thus, an every-day occurrence expressed with the simple present (as is most usual) may be thought of as always having taken place, a
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Hi Sitifan
Sentence 4 suggests to me that the daily driving has just recently begun and is viewed by the speaker as a temporary situation.
The same sort of thing applies to sentence 6. The daily bringing of milk sounds like something that has just begun and also that it is being viewed as a temporary or short-term situation.
This basically is the same thing that Cliv
Sentence 4 suggests to me that the daily driving has just recently begun and is viewed by the speaker as a temporary situation.
The same sort of thing applies to sentence 6. The daily bringing of milk sounds like something that has just begun and also that it is being viewed as a temporary or short-term situation.
This basically is the same thing that Cliv
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CalifJimLast year, it seemed that the phone company always had someone to answer my complaint calls personally. This year I am waiting on hold every time I call.
Apparently, the book A hand-book of present-day English (by E. Kruisinga) was written in 1914, so today -- nearly a hundred years later!-- there are bou
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sitifan However, if I were to hear "I'll have you to know" with the same meaning as "I'll have you know", I'd expect it to be either a poetic/archaic usage or part of a regional dialect"I had someone [available] to answer my call" is current useage. "I had someone to do the washing." / "I had someone do the washing." (different meanings)
These d
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YankeeHi Sitifan
Sentence 4 suggests to me that the daily driving has just recently begun and is viewed by the speaker as a temporary situation.
The same sort of thing applies to sentence 6. The daily bringing of milk sounds like something that has just begun and also that it is being viewed as a temporary or short-term situation.
This basical
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