Can one use present continuous to describe tendencies, such as: Oh this word? It’s not being actively used these days anymore. This sounds good to me, but I can’t find a grammar rule to support this. Answer Will people understand that? Yes, but people would generally say or write: Oh, this word? It’s not used … Read more
I am not good in English literature. From daily use of English language, it seems to me that the second from in: 1 I am suffering from fever from yesterday is the correct word. But, my friend, a major in English, is saying that the correct word is since: I am suffering from fever since … Read more
I have exercise to create sentences in Present Continuous but in one of them is. ” The sales is starting on Monday”. My question is about time used here, in my opinion this will happens only in future ” On Monday” But the tense is Present so i’m little lost. What is different(in the meaning … Read more
Is possible to say “bored” in present participle? How I understand it is past participle. I want to say “I am seeing, how she is feeling bored at the lesson now.” and I want to use present continuous. Only I want to use one word instead of “feeling bored”. Answer Bored is historically a past … Read more
Is the sentence “Nothing’s getting done today” present continuous? Why is the verb get ending in “-ing”? Answer It is present continuous. I am prepared to try to defend my response. AttributionSource : Link , Question Author : Irina , Answer Author : Livrecache
Some people say. “I does what I want to” is this in any way relative to “I always do what I want to” or it’s totally wrong to have it so Answer No. It is incorrect. “I do what I want” is more straightforward. Also, recommend against ever leaving the word “to” at the end … Read more
Please check this video. I understood for performative verbs, if we are doing something and, at the same time, we are saying it, we don’t need to use the present continuous tense. I am not sure I have it right. For example, when I say, "I promise to do my homework," I am making the … Read more
If I say: "I read the book." or "I watched the film." Does it mean that I read the entire book or that I watched the entire film? If it does, how should I say to emphasise that I started reading the book or watching the film but haven’t finished the entire book or film … Read more
I’m not sure what tense this is, but it’s for a presentation. It’s the best I could come up with while translating it into English. Meeting deadlines. Working with bla… bla… Building 3 SCRUM teams of 8 individuals/team and having them operational in 2 months at the customer’s quarters within a budget lower than anyone … Read more
According to the site Study And Exam, passive constructions cannot be used with verb forms such as: the present perfect continuous construction the past perfect continuous construction the future continuous construction the future perfect continuous construction But according to this other site, English Page, (which I think is the right one) such constructions can for … Read more
