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Lcchang Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
TOEIC/ present or present progressive tense
The new tax plan that has just been implemented _____________ to be very hard on the average worker.
(A) prove
(B) proves
(C) is proving
(D) proven
The answer is (C) according to the answer key, but I wonder why (B) can't be a good answer. Can I use answer (B) just for stating a simple truth? Or Can I use present perfect "has proven" too? Please help.
LC Chang
(A) prove
(B) proves
(C) is proving
(D) proven
The answer is (C) according to the answer key, but I wonder why (B) can't be a good answer. Can I use answer (B) just for stating a simple truth? Or Can I use present perfect "has proven" too? Please help.
LC Chang
Top answer
Lcchang The answer is (C) according to the answer key, but I wonder why (B) can't be a good answer. Can I use answer (B) just for stating a simple truth? The progressive is the best fit because the time frame is one of duration.
- Lcchang The answer is (C) according to the answer key, but I wonder why (B) can't be a good answer.
- Can I use answer (B) just for stating a simple truth?
- The progressive is the best fit because the time frame is one of duration.
- There is a starting point in time (the tax plan implemetation in the past), and that time frame continues indefinitely into the present.
- The present perfect would also be acceptable - from that point of beginning in the past, up to the present time.
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LcchangThe answer is (C) according to the answer key, but I wonder why (B) can't be a good answer. Can I use answer (B) just for stating a simple truth?The progressive is the best fit because the time frame is one of duration. There is a starting point in time (the tax plan implemetation in the past), and that time frame continues indefinitely into the prese
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Hi,
The new tax plan that has just been implemented __ to be very hard on the average worker.
(A) prove incorrect grammar
(B) proves It's not natural to try to state a "permanent truth" about something that has just started.
(C) is proving Thi
The new tax plan that has just been implemented __ to be very hard on the average worker.
(A) prove incorrect grammar
(B) proves It's not natural to try to state a "permanent truth" about something that has just started.
(C) is proving Thi
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