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Results tagged with progressive-aspect
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Questions related to the grammatical aspect that expresses an incomplete action or a state at a specific point in time. For specific tenses, see the tags 'present-progressive', 'present-continuous', 'future-progressive', 'past-continuous' and 'perfect-continuous'.
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"we will discontinue the feature" vs. "we will be discontinuing the feature"
From the Poetry Foundation website's Favorites page:
Due to needed upgrades to our website, we will be discontinuing our Favorites feature and user accounts effective Sunday, March 27, 2016. We ap …
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They were angry because they had waited (had been waiting) for too long
Inspired by a past-perfect vs. present-perfect online test:
They were angry because they had waited for too long.
and
They were angry because they had been waiting for too long.
Are both …
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"What did she think as she walked in the park?" vs. "What was she thinking as she walked in ...
What did she think as she walked in the park?
What was she thinking as she walked in the park?
I wonder what is the possible difference in meaning between the two sentences.
I wonder also how the …
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You will hear interesting stories, learning about events that were taking place (?) here
I wrote a sentence that was considered awkward by fellow translators, on a couple of counts. I'm singling out one particular construction they found awkward:
During the tour, you will hear interes …
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