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Alex RO Posted 21 years ago
Grammar
Present simple or continuous
In grammar books says that present simple is also used for future events (fixed arrangements). They also say that present continuous is also used to describe an action or event in the future which has already been planned. For me it sounds almost the same thing.
Which sentence is correct:
1. His mother arrives tomorrow.
2. His mother is arriving tomorrow.
Please explain me when I have to use present simple or present continuous, for future events.
Thanks in advance.
Which sentence is correct:
1. His mother arrives tomorrow.
2. His mother is arriving tomorrow.
Please explain me when I have to use present simple or present continuous, for future events.
Thanks in advance.
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Hi Alex, and welcome to English Forums. You are right - their use is quite close, and often, as in the case you offer, of identical meaning. m.
- Hi Alex, and welcome to English Forums.
- You are right - their use is quite close, and often, as in the case you offer, of identical meaning.
- m.
- tomorrow' or 'low tide is at 3:15 this afternoon'-- so the idea of future time is often irrelevant: it is often a sort of universal truth.
- 'Present continuous' connects the assured future with the present, in which the speaker recognizes the inevitable nature of the future event, because of his/her knowledge of the currently existing (and previously laid) plans.
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Hi Alex, and welcome to English Forums.
You are right - their use is quite close, and often, as in the case you offer, of identical meaning.
'Present simple' expresses the simple fact, predetermined by whatever authority, so appears more often in cases like 'class starts at 9 a.m. tomorrow' or 'low tide is at 3:15 this afternoon'-- so the idea of future time is often irreleva
You are right - their use is quite close, and often, as in the case you offer, of identical meaning.
'Present simple' expresses the simple fact, predetermined by whatever authority, so appears more often in cases like 'class starts at 9 a.m. tomorrow' or 'low tide is at 3:15 this afternoon'-- so the idea of future time is often irreleva
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