Why Present continuous
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1) British people _______ more and more wine, apparently.
The correct answer is 'are drinking'.
I can't see the reason for the use of present continuous tense. I have looked up for the phrase 'more and more' but the phrase can be used in both the tenses i.e present simple and continuous. Similarly, the word 'apparently' too. Here are the example sentence:
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/more-and-more
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/apparently
Please somebody help, what phrase or word guarantees the use of the Present Continuous Tense in the sentence.
Thanks.
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sundarnaz what phrase or word guarantees the use of the Present Continuous Tense in the sentence. Nothing "guarantees" it, but I know I'd use the continuous the moment I saw "more and more". In his book "The English Verb" Palmer makes a special note of how frequently we hear the continuous with the phrase "more and more".
- sundarnaz what phrase or word guarantees the use of the Present Continuous Tense in the sentence.
- Nothing "guarantees" it, but I know I'd use the continuous the moment I saw "more and more".
- In his book "The English Verb" Palmer makes a special note of how frequently we hear the continuous with the phrase "more and more".
- CJ
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sundarnazwhat phrase or word guarantees the use of the Present Continuous Tense in the sentence.
Nothing "guarantees" it, but I know I'd use the continuous the moment I saw "more and more". In his book "The English Verb" Palmer makes a special note of how frequently we hear the continuous with the phrase "more and more".
CJ
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