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Anonymous Posted 19 years ago
Grammar
the present continuous for repetitive actions???
I've come across the following sentence:
Jane is always winning the prizes.
The book says, that we use the pres. continuous for repetitive situations... I'm utterly confused
I've always thought that we should use the present simple tense... I know that we sometimes use the pc. for annoying things, like "She's always loosing her keys" , but here it's not the case!
what's your opinion?
Jane is always winning the prizes.
The book says, that we use the pres. continuous for repetitive situations... I'm utterly confused
I've always thought that we should use the present simple tense... I know that we sometimes use the pc. for annoying things, like "She's always loosing her keys" , but here it's not the case!what's your opinion?
Top answer
Perhaps the person who says this is annoyed that Jane is the one who wins and not him.
- Perhaps the person who says this is annoyed that Jane is the one who wins and not him.
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Perhaps the person who says this is annoyed that Jane is the one who wins and not him.
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The present continuous need not be used only for cases of annoyance. Any extraordinary or noteworthy state of affairs can bring in this tense. In such cases, using the present continuous almost has the effect of adding "My goodness!" at the beginning or "Tsk, tsk, tsk!" (sometimes called "tongue clucking") or a rhetorical "What's to be done?" at the end.
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