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Nsfs2 Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

Present simple or continuous?

Hi,

'Today computer crime has grown more and more due to the fact that a lot of people use/are using the Net.'

Should I use the simple present of present continuous?What change of meaning occurs in the different uses?

Thank.
  

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are using certainly implies that this will probably continue; it also implies the action has been going on for a time.

— Philip

  • are using certainly implies that this will probably continue; it also implies the action has been going on for a time.
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are using certainly implies that this will probably continue; it also implies the action has been going on for a time.
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Philipare using certainly implies that this will probably continue; it also implies the action has been going on for a time.
What implications does the simple present give?
Does the present continuous not suggest that the action is temporary?
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The continuous indicates past action continuing to the present (and most likely into the future).
I think the present is simply wrong here.
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Hi. When your sentence indictes a change in a trend, you should use present continuouse, not simple present tense.

E.g. Nowadays more and more people are getting educated.
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nsfs2more and more
more and more usually occurs together with the continuous tenses.

Today computer crime has been growing more and more due to the fact that a lot of people are using the Net.

CJ
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Both has been growing and has grown are accurate.However, they have a difference in their meaning.

If we use has been growing, it shows that the action was started in the past, continues to the present and probably go to the future, while if we use has grown, it shows that the action was started and ended in some unspecific time the past but its result can be s
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