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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
Grammar
The Present Continuous Tense Structure
Hi! I have a question concerning negative sentences in the Present Continuous Tense. Is it possible to make a short form as follows: "He's not working now" ?? Or is "He isn't working now" the only possibility ?
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When we are talking, mostly we use second form of your sentence.
- When we are talking, mostly we use second form of your sentence.
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He's not working now
He isn't working now
Both are fine and equally common. They are optional ways of reducing 'is not', and the choice rests mostly in the habit of the individual speaker.
He isn't working now
Both are fine and equally common. They are optional ways of reducing 'is not', and the choice rests mostly in the habit of the individual speaker.
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