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Sometimes , you can use the Simple Present & The Present Continuous in reference to the same situation/idea . Thus , the differences won’t be clearly noticeable
. However , there is still a difference between both tenses that you should know about
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For instance , when you ask : How long will you stay , hereit means that you don’t know exactly whether the person you’re talking to is going to stay forever or temporarily . That’s why you use the simple tense ( it’s the future simple , in this example ) as an indicator
?But , when you say : How long will you be staying , here
(The future continuous )
It means that you already know that the person you’re talking to is staying temporarily , but you don’t know exactly for how long
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Simple tenses are usually used to refer to unchangeable truths / situations , or to things that happen all the time
Eg : He died , last night
Here , we use the simple past because death , once it happens , no one can change it
But when you say : He’s dying
It means that the patient is still alive , but he is so close to being dead
and , when you say : He’ll be dying
Here , you HAVE to specify the time , by saying : He’ll be dying , in two days
It means that he is still alive , but he’s going to die in the next two days
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So , remember that Continuous tenses are used to talk about temporary situations that started sometime in the past and are still continuing , unlike Simple tenses that are used in the situations mentioned above
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Thanks for the lesson and examples. .
^_^
Thanks for the lesson and examples. .
^_^
I’m so glad you passed by , sweetie
