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Grammar and Linguistics > Present Continuous & Present Progressive
Present Continuous & Present Progressive
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Anna P
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Present Continuous & Present Progressive
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Is there a difference between Present Continuous and Present Progressive? For me they are the same except that one is American and the other is British English. However, one of my students told me that her classroom teacher (I �m a tutor) said that there is a difference between the two forms. Her school workbook has exercises under the name Present Continuous and other sets of exercises under Present Progressive, but it offers no explanation.
Do you know anything about this?
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12 Apr 2012
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coyote.chus
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For me, they are exactly the same.
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12 Apr 2012
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domgirl
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Hi, Anna P
I agree with you. There�s no difference. They�re just two names for the same verb tense.
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12 Apr 2012
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CARYELY
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Dear friend,There is a difference, when you talk about routines, habits then you have to use present simple, you repeat them every day and when you talk about temporary actions ( happening now or for a few days o months...) then it is continuous.  Present simple: I go to school every day  Present continuous: He is having a bath now |
12 Apr 2012
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yanogator
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Caryely, the question was about "present continuous" and "present progressive", not "present simple".
I agree with the others, that they are two names for the same tense. Look at the workbook and see if the exercises show any difference. They shouldn �t.
Bruce |
12 Apr 2012
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Anna P
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Dear Caryely, I �m asking about Present Continuous and Present Progressive - not Simple and Continuous. But thanks for taking the trouble to answer.
Thanks Coyote and Domgirl. Let �s see if we get other opinions. I �ve been checking the web and, so far, I confirmed that " English makes no distinction between continuous and progressive"
 Anna EDITED - I was waiting for you, Bruce, my online English teacher! We posted at the same time. The exercises didn�t seem different but I�ll double check next time I work with that student. Thanks. |
12 Apr 2012
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cunliffe
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These are just different terms for the same tense - also past continuous/ past progressive. My understanding is that �progressive � is the American term and in Britain, we say �continuous. � |
12 Apr 2012
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ldthemagicman
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Dear Anna P,
There is no difference between the �Present Continuous � and the �Present Progressive �.
As others have written, they are different names for the same thing.
"A Comprehensive Grammar of the English Language", 2010, page 197, written by R. Quirk and 4 other English Professors, says:
"The PROGRESSIVE ASPECT (also sometimes called the DURATIVE or CONTINUOUS ASPECT) indicates a happening in PROGRESS at a given time".
Les
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12 Apr 2012
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CARYELY
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I beg your pardon� I definitely agree with all of you. I�ve just realized I haven�t paid attention to the question. Thanks for the correction. |
12 Apr 2012
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Anna P
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Thanks so much, caryely. coyote.chus, domgirl, cunliffe, Bruce and Les.
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12 Apr 2012
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