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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
Present simple and/or continuous
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Which of the sentences below is grammatical? I believe both of them are OK. Sentence A talks about a general fact, whereas Sentence B depicts a single situation when a child is choking as an instance of a more general tendency. Thank you for your answers!
A) When a child chokes, you need to check for breathing, coughing or crying.
B) When a child is choking, you need to check for breathing, coughing or crying.
Which of the sentences below is grammatical? I believe both of them are OK. Sentence A talks about a general fact, whereas Sentence B depicts a single situation when a child is choking as an instance of a more general tendency. Thank you for your answers!
A) When a child chokes, you need to check for breathing, coughing or crying.
B) When a child is choking, you need to check for breathing, coughing or crying.
Top answer
Anonymous Sentence A talks about a general fact, whereas Sentence B depicts a single situation when a child is choking as an instance of a more general tendency. Your analysis is correct. CJ
- Anonymous Sentence A talks about a general fact, whereas Sentence B depicts a single situation when a child is choking as an instance of a more general tendency.
- Your analysis is correct.
- CJ
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AnonymousSentence A talks about a general fact, whereas Sentence B depicts a single situation when a child is choking as an instance of a more general tendency.Your analysis is correct.
CJ
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AnonymousSo in principle I canYes.youuse either of them, right?
CJ
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