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It is used to express a continued or ongoing action at present time. It expresses an action which is in progress at the time of speaking. Using the suffix '-ing'
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Is this sentence in present continuous or not?
I have noticed that some engineers put on their profiles the following:
Working on "project-name" product.
Is this sentence in present continuous or not?
Shouldn't it be like this:
Work on "proje …
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Can't we use present perfect in this case, rather then present perfect continues
As far as I understand the following is in the present perfect continuous form, rather than in present perfect:
I’ve been thinking about majoring in business or economics.
In textbooks it is sai …
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What is the difference - 'is doing' vs 'does'?
Could you please explain what is the difference between the followings and when one of them should be used instead of the another?
My brother is doing a degree at university so I don't see him ver …
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What is the difference among these ("have been trying" vs "have tried" vs "are trying")?
What is the difference among these?
Russian businessmen have been trying to work out what provoked Mr
Putin.
Russian businessmen have tried to work out what provoked Mr
Putin.
Russia …
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What is the difference? "we live" vs "we are living" [closed]
What is the difference between these sentences?
If this theory about parallel universes is correct, it means that
we are living in more than one universe at the same time.
If this theory ab …
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What is the difference: 'being collected' vs 'collected'?
What is the difference between these two sentences?
Are names an important part of the information being
collected?
Are names an important part of the information collected?
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Which tense is more appropriate in the following context?
I was reading an English textbooks, in which there are examples of present continues tenses:
I've lost my key again. I'm always losing things.
You are always watching television. You should d …
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"is getting" vs "will get"
Are there difference between those sentences?
Alex is getting married next month.
Alex will get married next month.
Seems that the first one is expressed in present continues, and the …
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"I don't see" vs "I am not seeing him"
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I am doing grammar tests and came across the following:
My brother (do) a degree at university so I (see) him very often, unfortunately.
The aim of the test is to fill each gap with the …
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