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Laborious Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

Q10: 'Our teacher always gives us lots of homework' contrasted with 'Our teacher is always giving us lots of...'

Hello dear members of the Forum,

Could you please tell me the difference between these two sentences?

Here're the sentences:

1) Our teacher always gives us lots of homework.

2) Our teacher is always giving us lots of homework.

Of #1, I feel that it expresses a habitual or repeated action, something that he / she always does.

Can #2 convey the same meaning as #1 conveys, please?

Thank you.
  

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Present continuous sometimes is used to talk about something annoying. " So the difference between first and second sentences is that first one informs you about teacher's habit (to give you a lot of homework), when the second expresses your negative attitude to this habit.

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  • Present continuous sometimes is used to talk about something annoying.
  • " So the difference between first and second sentences is that first one informs you about teacher's habit (to give you a lot of homework), when the second expresses your negative attitude to this habit.
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Present continuous sometimes is used to talk about something annoying. Like in this sentence here: "My flatmate is always leaving the kitchen in a mess!" or here: "I don't like them because they are always complaining."

So the difference between first and second sentences is that first one informs you about teacher's habit (to give you a lot of homework), when the second exp
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