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Jigneshbharati Posted 10 years ago
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What England are lacking
"When the ball does turn, you got to have good spinners and India has Ashwin, (Ravindra) Jadeja and JayantYadav and they are all good spinners. The problem is that we have got Moeen Ali and Adil Rashid, they are not frontline bowlers, they haven't played a lot of Test matches and that is what England are lacking," he said.
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Why have they used present continuous in "What England are lacking" instead of "What England lacks"? I understand the meaning completely just need the help with the choice of
Correct tense in the given context.
Thanks
Allan Lamb: 'Kohli looks absolutely brilliant'
Why have they used present continuous in "What England are lacking" instead of "What England lacks"? I understand the meaning completely just need the help with the choice of
Correct tense in the given context.
Thanks
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Jigneshbharati Why have they used present continuous in "What England are lacking" instead of "What England lacks"? The present continuous is sometimes used to suggest a temporary situation. That is most likely how the author intended it here.
- Jigneshbharati Why have they used present continuous in "What England are lacking" instead of "What England lacks"?
- The present continuous is sometimes used to suggest a temporary situation.
- That is most likely how the author intended it here.
- It's what England are lacking at the moment .
- / It's what England are lacking for now .
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JigneshbharatiWhy have they used present continuous in "What England are lacking" instead of "What England lacks"?The present continuous is sometimes used to suggest a temporary situation. That is most likely how the author intended it here.
It's what England are lacking at the moment. / It's what England are l
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