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Roky0071 Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
present simple or continuous
1.I write grammar books.(This sentence implies that I write grammar books on a regular basis, perhaps as a career.)
now my question is that here the verb "implies" is the historical present ,literary present,gnomic present or habitual present? can i use present continuous here?
now my question is that here the verb "implies" is the historical present ,literary present,gnomic present or habitual present? can i use present continuous here?
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) Yes. roky0071 here the verb "implies" is the historical present ,literary present,gnomic present or habitual present? Certainly not the first two; one or both of the second two.
- ) Yes.
- roky0071 here the verb "implies" is the historical present ,literary present,gnomic present or habitual present?
- Certainly not the first two; one or both of the second two.
- roky0071 can i use present continuous here?
- No, not unless it is a temporary occupation.
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roky0071I write grammar books.(This sentence implies that I write grammar books on a regular basis, perhaps as a career.)Yes.
roky0071 here the verb "implies" is the historical present ,literary present,gnomic present or habitual present?Certainly not the first two; one or both of the second two.
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roky0071This sentence implies that I write grammar books on a regular basis, perhaps as a career."implies" is gnomic present, simply because it can't be any of the others. I don't recommend using continuous aspect there. No.
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CalifJim"implies" is gnomic present,Huh! Somehow my mind was on 'writes'.
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