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PonyFan Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
Progressive form
“My dear Twilight, there’s more to a young pony’s life than studying, so I’m sending you to supervise preparations for the Summer Sun Celebrations in this year’s location: Ponyville.” Could you tell me the reason why the progressive form is chosen? What kind of usage is this? Thanks in advance!
The sentence is quoted from http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xsky32_my-little-pony-friendship-is-magic-season-1-episode-1-the-mare-in-the-moon-captioned_shortfilms#.UeVq3m1heVo at 06:14
The transcription is available in http://mlp.wikia.com/wiki/Transcripts/Friendship_is_Magic,_part_1
The sentence is quoted from http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xsky32_my-little-pony-friendship-is-magic-season-1-episode-1-the-mare-in-the-moon-captioned_shortfilms#.UeVq3m1heVo at 06:14
The transcription is available in http://mlp.wikia.com/wiki/Transcripts/Friendship_is_Magic,_part_1
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Intention or decision to do something. )
- Intention or decision to do something.
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Intention or decision to do something. (Similar to "going to (do something)", and sometimes overlapping in meaning, but with less of a clear-cut future sense.)
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I think the present progressive could be used to show that the decision to do whatever it is has already been made.
"So I'm sending you..." - There is no alternative. It almost sounds like there is complete control from the speaker toward the listener.
"So I'm sending you..." - There is no alternative. It almost sounds like there is complete control from the speaker toward the listener.
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