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Picnic Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
Why and when
look at these scentencse:
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How are you spending most of your time learning English? Reading?
2.How do you spend most of your time learning English?
i saw this here. as well as anybody else here i want to learn english, then could you please tell me when one is used and when the other is?Top answer
There isn't much difference in meaning. #1 has a slightly stronger sense of activity in progress. )
- There isn't much difference in meaning.
- #1 has a slightly stronger sense of activity in progress.
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There isn't much difference in meaning. #1 has a slightly stronger sense of activity in progress.
(Of course, as you've written it, #1 has the supplementary question, while #2 doesn't, but I'm assuming this isn't what you're asking about.)
(Of course, as you've written it, #1 has the supplementary question, while #2 doesn't, but I'm assuming this isn't what you're asking about.)
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Picnicbut both of them can be used, right?Yes.
(To be honest, I have very slight doubts about the technical correctness -- or at least elegance -- of these sentences -- but these doubts have nothing to do with the "How are you spending" versus "How do you spend" distinction, which I think is the main point of your question. I wasn't going to mention
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