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Tonyscott Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

Which is correct?

An order has come that the police should always find out where the thief().
1.hides 2.is hiding

The couple(). I really don't know why.
1.always quarrel 2.are always quarreling

Which fits the blank the best?

Better give some reasons, please.
  

Top answer

tonyscott An order has come that the police should always find out where the thief(). is hiding The original sentence is non-native: 'always' makes no sense there. Choose #2 for a durational events ('hiding') during which another event occurs ('find out') tonyscott The couple().

— Mister Micawber

  • tonyscott An order has come that the police should always find out where the thief().
  • is hiding The original sentence is non-native: 'always' makes no sense there.
  • Choose #2 for a durational events ('hiding') during which another event occurs ('find out') tonyscott The couple().
  • I really don't know why.
  • are always quarreling Choose #2.
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tonyscottAn order has come that the police should always find out where the thief(). 1.hides 2.is hiding
The original sentence is non-native: 'always' makes no sense there. Choose #2 for a durational events ('hiding') during which another event occurs ('find out')
tonyscottThe couple(). I really don't know why. 1.always quarrel 2.are a
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Mister MicawberChoose #2. The present continuous carries an added emotional element: the speaker's attitude toward the situation.
What kind of attitude?
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tonyscottWhat kind of attitude?
Any kind: anger, curiosity, enthusiasm....
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What if I'm just telling a fact and I don't want to contain my personal attitude in the sentence?
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Then the simple forms—where they otherwise fit the sentence—are a better choice.
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Mister MicawberThen the simple forms—where they otherwise fit the sentence—are a better choice.
I don't quite get the meaning of 'where they otherwise fit the sentence'.
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tonyscottI don't quite get the meaning of 'where they otherwise fit the sentence'.
Verb forms have various uses; they must fit the sentences in all those ways.
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I just want to know what does 'otherwise' mean there...
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tonyscott just want to know what does 'otherwise' mean there..
In any other way
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The simple forms fit the sentence in any other way?
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