"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.
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.
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.
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
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:
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:
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:
Present Simple or Progressive? 
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