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Anglista2008 Posted 18 years ago
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these days with pres. cont. or pres. simple?

0 Do we use 01i00these days 02i00with the present continuous tense or the present simple tense?02br
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00My textbook says that 01i00these days 02i00is mainly used with the former, but I've come across sentences with 01i00these days 02i00and the present simple...02br
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00"My sister 01i00___02i00 the piano a lot these days" (plays) or (is playing) 02br
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00"These days, children and teenagers 01i00___02i00 a lots of books by authors like Meg Rosoff and J.K. Rowling" (read) or (are reading) 02br
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00 thanks, best wishes0-
  

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0my sister is playing the piano a lot these days.0-
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0 Both are used at the BBC site:02br
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00so it's really up to you: how lively you want the conversation to be ... (livelier with continuous, closer to the 01b00now02b00)0240hrefhttp://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=site%3Abbc.co.uk+%22these+days+we%22+&btnG=Search
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01cite10anglista200812cite10Do we use 11i10these days 12i10with the present continuous tense or the present simple tense?12blockquote
10 Both are acceptable. Just because the book says "mainly" doesn't mean that no other tense is possible.02br
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