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**Tdol** · #1 18-Oct-2003, 19:36

Why?

**RonBee** · #2 19-Oct-2003, 01:14

"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.

:)

Casiopea · #3 19-Oct-2003, 03:01

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Originally Posted by tdol

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.

Cas :)

**RonBee** · #4 19-Oct-2003, 21:34

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?

:)

**Tdol** · #5 20-Oct-2003, 21:23

The 'I stay' sentence makes no sense to me as the 'while' clause suggests it's a one-off event.

Firelord · #6 25-Apr-2004, 06:49

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

**Tdol** · #7 25-Apr-2004, 17:06

Neither is correct- since points backwards.

'am staying'is correct because it shows that the action is temporary.

MikeNewYork · #8 25-Apr-2004, 21:12

Quote:

Originally Posted by RonBee

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?

:)

I agree with you. It is a perfectly reasonable sentence when it is used to describe a habit. :wink:

**RonBee** · #9 27-Apr-2004, 21:42

Quote:

Originally Posted by MikeNewYork

Quote:

Originally Posted by RonBee

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?

:)

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.

:wink:

MikeNewYork · #10 27-Apr-2004, 22:17

Quote:

Originally Posted by RonBee

Quote:

Originally Posted by MikeNewYork

Quote:

Originally Posted by RonBee

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?

:)

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.

:wink:

I often do. :wink: