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"We are being carefully convoyed all the way across."

"We are carefully convoyed all the way across."

I know the tense different between two sentences.

What's the meaning different between two sentences?

Or

Are both wrong?
 
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I am not a teacher.

To me it sounds like in the first sentence they were not willing to Travel.

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Both sentences need to begin with a capital letter and end with a period/full stop.
 

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Done. Mike newyork

Ok, what's the difference? and meaning?
 

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The verb "convoy" means to escort, particularly for protection. If this activity is going on currently, I would use #1.
 

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I think #2 is possible if the activity takes place regularly, but I am not a teacher.
 

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So, is it depend on the context?
 
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