Timeline for It never hurt like it does/is now
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| Mar 26, 2017 at 7:56 | comment | added | Virtuous Legend | Thank you. If you expend your explanation regarding to "Unfortunately, its meaning is closer to "recently damaged", not "causing pain right now" it will be great, because I didn't get this point. | |
| Mar 26, 2017 at 7:38 | comment | added | Jasper | "like it hurts right now" is in the simple present tense. With "do support", it becomes "like it does hurt right now". Both versions imply you can feel pain from it right now. The "right now" is consistent with the present tense. It is redundant, in an emphatic way. | |
| Mar 26, 2017 at 7:35 | comment | added | Jasper | The present progressive of "hurt" is "is hurting", not "is hurt". "is hurt" is closer to a perfect construction, or a complement using a past participle, or a complement using an adjective. As my answer suggests, "like it is hurt now" is grammatically correct. Unfortunately, its meaning is closer to "recently damaged", not "causing pain right now". | |
| Mar 26, 2017 at 7:30 | history | edited | Jasper | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Mar 26, 2017 at 7:07 | comment | added | Virtuous Legend | Thank you for your answer. Anyway it's still difficult for me to understand how it could be "does now", here is when we are talking about "now" we actually talking about present progressive (is/ are - auxiliary verbs) rather than present simple (do/does auxiliary verbs) | |
| Mar 26, 2017 at 6:10 | history | answered | Jasper | CC BY-SA 3.0 |