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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

Simple present vs present progressive

I ..... a lot of good reports about your work these days.

1. hear
2. am hearing

Is #2 ungrammatical here? What's the reason that many English teachers consider #2 as a wrong tense?
  

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Anonymous I ..... 1. hear2.

— CalifJim

  • Anonymous I .....
  • 1.
  • hear2.
  • am hearingIs #2 ungrammatical here?
  • What's the reason that many English teachers consider #2 as a wrong tense?
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Anonymous I ..... a lot of good reports about your work these days.1. hear2. am hearingIs #2 ungrammatical here? What's the reason that many English teachers consider #2 as a wrong tense?
#2 is fine with "these days".

Teachers don't want you to get in the habit of using "am hearing" all over the place when it's not appropriate, e.g., I am hearing t
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