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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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Present Simple or Present Continuous with "these days"
The present simple can also refer to things in the period around 'now'.
It can be used for statements of general truth ("the sky is blue") or for conditions that pertain ("I know how to change a ligh …
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Is it ok to say 'We were wanting to book a trip to Sardinia'?
This is another case where the formal understanding of the combination of tense and aspect does not match how it is used.
Formally, that would be used in a description of the past, describe a want th …
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One of the most interesting projects I worked on in the past couple of years (tense choice)
All of them are potentially correct. The difference in meaning is subtle and not always definite.
The first example has the verb in question in the simple past. The second in the present perfect. In …
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"has written two essays this morning" vs "has been writing an essay all morning"
The present perfect continuous means that it has been happening over a period of time, often a specified time (either in the same sentence, or in further context - especially where the present perfect …
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The progressive futurate is not aspectual: meaning?
I believe it means that it has meaning that is closer to that of the simple aspect than the progressive aspect - it is making a general statement, rather than referring to something unfolding. When th …
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what's the difference in the meaning "I am assuming and I assume"
In general, for verb that represent actual physical actions, there's a degree of semantic difference between the present progressive and the present simple.
I run to school.
This is a statement …
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