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Grammar and Linguistics > Present Simple or Continuous??
Present Simple or Continuous??
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aydin1362
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Present Simple or Continuous??
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Hi everybody, A friend of mine asked me a question she encountered in a book called picture discussion: in the book there is a picture and the description below : They check the passengers passports carefully before allowing at the counters inside the departure gate. Immigration officers sit behind these counters. They check the passengers passports carefully before allowing them through to board aeroplane. An aireport security officer speaks speaks to a young boy on rollerskates. He tells the boy that he cannot skate here.
the sentences in bold are in the present simple tense but i can �t understand why! Are they grammatically right? looking forward to your answers! |
22 Nov 2014
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yanogator
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First, there are a number of grammar errors in this passage. But, to the point, the entire passage is in the present simple, because it is a description of the situation. It would be better in the present continuous, because it is happening now. The earlier sentences describe habitual activity, too, so they could go either way.
Bruce |
22 Nov 2014
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