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Re: Present Simple or Progressive?
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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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Re: Present Simple or Progressive?
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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