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Cat navy 425 Posted 7 years ago
Grammar
Question about sentences
Dear all,
Please see the following sentence. Does it mean he is watching a movie now?
1) He watches a movie.
Thank you.
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This sentence is unusual. e. to describe what he is doing now).
- This sentence is unusual.
- e.
- to describe what he is doing now).
- The sentence is possible in a present-tense narrative, but these are relatively uncommon.
- It is possible in a habitual sense, but normally as part of a larger sentence: "Usually in the evening he watches a movie".
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This sentence is unusual. In particular, it is not used in ordinary speech to mean "He is watching a movie" (i.e. to describe what he is doing now). The sentence is possible in a present-tense narrative, but these are relatively uncommon. It is possible in a habitual sense, but normally as part of a larger sentence: "Usually in the evening he watches a movie".
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