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Old 15-Jul-2007, 20:19
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You're right, Carmenn, we do use the present progressive for future arrangements.
And we also use present continuous with the adverb "always" when we talk about an annoying situation:
She is always making noise at night.
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Indeed we can. And we can also use it for things in progress but not necessarily happening at the moment:
What are you reading at the moment?
How are things going at work?
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Read this topic to understand: RapidSteps
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i think the first choice is good ^^
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hi , i click on - do you like - and after i do it i see the beggist answer as i do

nice to get a forum like thes .
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we don't say i liking .. i like
the second one is okay
we mustn't use ing with (like ) because its gives for feeling
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