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Taka Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

Teach

Is there a huge semantic difference between these two? Or do they mean almost the same?

When I teach in the class, I often find myself speaking like a teenager.
When I'm teaching in the class, I often find myself speaking like a teenager.
  

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Hi, No big difference. I wouldn't usually add 'in the class'. Clive

  • Hi, No big difference.
  • I wouldn't usually add 'in the class'.
  • Clive
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Hi,

No big difference.
I wouldn't usually add 'in the class'.

Clive
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Good. Just as I thought. Thanks.

Just our of interest, if there is any difference, what do you think it might be, Clive?
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Hi,

When I teach in the class, I often find myself speaking like a teenager.
Sounds a little more possible that I continue to speak like this when I leave the classroom.

When I'm teaching in the class, I often find myself speaking like a teenager.
Sounds a li
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OK. But it's 'a little more'. I see.

Do you think some might use the first one to mean the confinement you find in the second example and the second one to mean the continuation you find in the first example?
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Hi,

Yes. And some might not see any difference.

Clive
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It might be that you are such a person of insight that you can see the difference.Emotion: smile And I enjoy talking to people with insight!

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