New answers tagged present-tense
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"Shop has been open all day/the whole day" " I have been awake all day/the whole day"
In all three examples, the states as described by the adjectives open, awake, and sick are still true. Hence the shop is still open, you are still awake, and you are still sick.
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past tense vs present
Cambridge Dictionary defines it's time.
We can use the expression it’s time + subject + past verb form to refer to the present moment:
Gosh! It’s almost midnight. It’s time we went home.
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Present for a habit
As this is about future action, will be asking or will ask is better. Also, we should delete finish to:
I am asking you to sell me this record, and I will be asking (or will ask)
you this every year ...
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Ok to use simple present tense after now? | "Now, we look at one more."
When I listened to the audio, what stood out to me was the pause after Now. From a transcript perspective the pause acts like a full stop. So it's not...
Now we look at one more.
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Now. We ...
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Ok to use simple present tense after now? | "Now, we look at one more."
And now we {do this}.
When someone is leading an audience along a path, of whatever nature, in a presentation, the present tense is often used.
Maybe that's why we call it a presentation. :-)
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"We plan" versus "we are planning"
Both phrases are quite similar but can have slightly different connotations:
"What we plan to do": This suggests a clear intention or decision about future activities. It implies that the ...
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She has taught English for five years
I. Present Perfect and Present Perfect Continuous
OP's two sentences are:
1.She has taught English for five years.
2.She has been teaching English for five years
Although both sentences are ...
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