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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
The present tense VS. The continuous tense
1) An elephant kicks a ball.
2) An elephant is kicking a ball.
Someone says a speaker uses #1 to factually express the situation, but a speaker uses #2 to express the situation with emotions of surprise and wonder and more vividly. Do you native English speakers agree with it? Thank you so much as always and have a good and safe day.
2) An elephant is kicking a ball.
Someone says a speaker uses #1 to factually express the situation, but a speaker uses #2 to express the situation with emotions of surprise and wonder and more vividly. Do you native English speakers agree with it? Thank you so much as always and have a good and safe day.
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With these examples in isolation, your explanation is accurate. I don't think I'd want to make it a general rule for distinguishing the two forms, however.
- With these examples in isolation, your explanation is accurate.
- I don't think I'd want to make it a general rule for distinguishing the two forms, however.
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With these examples in isolation, your explanation is accurate. I don't think I'd want to make it a general rule for distinguishing the two forms, however.
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Without more context, An elephant kicks a ball is a most unlikely utterance.
An elephant is kicking a ball is also pretty unlikely, though it's possible as a comment on, for example, a picture of an elephant kicking a ball.
An elephant is kicking a ball is also pretty unlikely, though it's possible as a comment on, for example, a picture of an elephant kicking a ball.
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