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Old 18-Oct-2003, 20:36
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"I stay with my sister until the work's finished" could describe a regular event. "I am staying with my sister until the work's finished" describes somebody's intentions.

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Why?
To me, "I'll be staying with my sister until the work's finished" expresses a future intention stated in continuous time, whereas "I'm staying with my sister until the work's finished" expresses a present event stated in continuous time. As for ?"I stay with my sister until the work's finished", I'm at a loss at to what it means. It's not acceptable in my dialect of English.

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Example:
  • I am the assistant manager at X, where my sister is the manager. We don't have regular hours. I stay with my sister until the work's finished, then we go home.

Eh?

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The 'I stay' sentence makes no sense to me as the 'while' clause suggests it's a one-off event.
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how about when we use "since"
I stay with my sister since the work's finished.
I am staying with my sister since the work's finished.

which one is correct?

for this topic "until"
i choose stay for it
reason:
stay, in here means a period of time
am stay, means a point
can you say that it is a point? No, so i choose stay
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Neither is correct- since points backwards.

'am staying'is correct because it shows that the action is temporary.
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Example:
  • I am the assistant manager at X, where my sister is the manager. We don't have regular hours. I stay with my sister until the work's finished, then we go home.

Eh?

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I agree with you. It is a perfectly reasonable sentence when it is used to describe a habit. :wink:
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  • I am the assistant manager at X, where my sister is the manager. We don't have regular hours. I stay with my sister until the work's finished, then we go home.

Eh?

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I agree with you. It is a perfectly reasonable sentence when it is used to describe a habit. :wink:
It's about time somebody agreed with me.

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  • I am the assistant manager at X, where my sister is the manager. We don't have regular hours. I stay with my sister until the work's finished, then we go home.

Eh?

:)
I agree with you. It is a perfectly reasonable sentence when it is used to describe a habit. :wink:
It's about time somebody agreed with me.

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I often do. :wink:
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