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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Seeing double

Hi.What means,seeing double,?
  

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It's when your eyes don't focus together, giving you two images instead of one, and it usually happens after too much to drink.

  • It's when your eyes don't focus together, giving you two images instead of one, and it usually happens after too much to drink.
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It's when your eyes don't focus together, giving you two images instead of one, and it usually happens after too much to drink.
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Thank you.I know that the verb ,see, is not normally used in the continuous forms,for example ,I`m seeing a doctor ,means I visit a doctor,not I see a doctor with my eyes,so I don`t understand why here ,seeing double, the verb,, to see,,means to see something with your eyes.Could you please explain?Thank you again.
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You are correct: we don't normally use the "sense" verbs in the continuous tense. In the continuous tense, it emphasizes that the process is going on as we speak and is not a normal situation.

When I got up after my fall, I was hearing bells.

We were smelling something foul as we passed the can in the alley.

I bought the little boy a balloon because I was feel

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