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Anonymous Posted 9 years ago
Grammar
progressive tense + every day
I am thinking about the following two noun phrases (a) and (b):
(a) The most important thing that you need to do every day to become fluent in French.
(b) The most important thing that you need to be doing every day to become fluent in French.
I think (a) is normal, but (b) doesn't ring a bell.
I was a little surprised when I encountered (b) because the "be doing every day"-part is in the form of "the progressive tense + every day", which construction I had never seen in any of my English grammar books.
What is the exact meaning of (b)?
(a) The most important thing that you need to do every day to become fluent in French.
(b) The most important thing that you need to be doing every day to become fluent in French.
I think (a) is normal, but (b) doesn't ring a bell.
I was a little surprised when I encountered (b) because the "be doing every day"-part is in the form of "the progressive tense + every day", which construction I had never seen in any of my English grammar books.
What is the exact meaning of (b)?
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Don't you like the response you received https://www.usingenglish.com/forum/threads/245613-progressive-tense-every-day?
https://www.usingenglish.com/forum/threads/245613-p
https://www.usingenglish.com/forum/threads/245613-p
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Are you referring to the fact that I made the same question in other forums?
I just wanted to see many answers in order to help my understanding because my English is at a beginner level. But I should have used one and only one forum.
If there are any problems in the thread title, I will welcome your advice on how to write thread titles.
If my post irritated you, I apolo
I just wanted to see many answers in order to help my understanding because my English is at a beginner level. But I should have used one and only one forum.
If there are any problems in the thread title, I will welcome your advice on how to write thread titles.
If my post irritated you, I apolo
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YAMATO2201Are you referring to the fact that I made the same question in other forums?Yes. We don't particularly like to repeat what other native speakers have answered. It's doing duplicate work.
We frown on duplicate posts in our own forums, too.
Some of the teachers here are also registered in other forums, so they will remark if there are duplic
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fivejedjonDon't you like the response you received here?https://www.usingenglish.com/forum/threads/245613-progressive-tense-every-dayThank you for your reply.
Because my English is at a beginner level, I thought that to see several ans
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AlpheccaStarsYes. We don't particularly like to repeat what other native speakers have answered. It's doing duplicate work.We frown on duplicate posts in our own forums, too.I appreciate your reply.
From now on, I will use one and only one forum for each question I will ask.
Many thanks.
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