Timeline for "I work" vs "I am working" / "I live" vs "I am living"?
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| Jun 25, 2018 at 13:08 | history | migrated | from english.stackexchange.com (revisions) | ||
| Jun 25, 2018 at 12:36 | comment | added | Edwin Ashworth | 'I study English' is fine – it contains acceptable padding. // –'What do you do at university?' –'I study' doesn't, and would be at best whimsical – possibly insolent. // –'Do you work or are you a student?' – 'I study' just sounds unnatural. | |
| Jun 25, 2018 at 12:17 | comment | added | tidbertum | "What do you do at university?" "I study English." - Not necessarily unidiomatic, but the cliche expression is "I am studying...", yes. | |
| Jun 25, 2018 at 12:13 | comment | added | Edwin Ashworth | I'd have marked 'I study' wrong as unidiomatic without padding. And '... in my final year' doesn't cut it. 'I work' doesn't have the same problem. | |
| Jun 25, 2018 at 12:12 | history | answered | tidbertum | CC BY-SA 4.0 |