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Old 18-Oct-2003, 20:34
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Default Present Simple or Progressive?

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film's good=one's good
if so, it will use "am thinking"
film's good=something is good
if so, it will use "think"
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Old 25-Apr-2004, 18:22
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film's good=one's good
if so, it will use "am thinking"
film's good=something is good
if so, it will use "think"
The progressive verb "am thinking" denotes a thinking process. In this case "think" is correct because it is an opinion. :wink:
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Default Re: Present Simple or Progressive?

its not a continious sentense thats y we cant use "am thinking" its jus a simple present tense so "i think" is more likely
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Default Re: Present Simple or Progressive?

Hi
yes, simple present
We can use this rule:
simple past: I + mind verb
present continuos: I am + (mind verb+ING)

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answer:either because our emotion is differentiate with time
now: good
after:bad
etc.ok?
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Old 25-Apr-2009, 19:51
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Hi every one
the answer is : think , beacuse when you say i think a move is good
here you didn't said the time but when you say i'm thinking that mean
that don't see the move yet.



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Hi!
I voted for "I think the film's good". But I believe it is possible to use both case due "I think" is a present simple and "I am thinking" a present progressive. So "I think" it can be undestanding as an opinion, and "I am thinking" is an extended action.
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it should be mentioned that ''I am thinking'' in this case(to have an opinion) isn't very natural other than in some colloq cases as it serves as a stative verb which can't be used in continuous form.
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Old 19-Jun-2009, 21:17
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we don't use 2 progressive sentence in one ,

I am thinking film is good--------- it's wrong
I think the film is good ----------correct
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