[Grammar] while we connect

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Will17

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Hello!

"Please wait, while we connect you"=> Why don't we use the present continuous in this case?

"while we are connecting you" ?

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"Please wait, while we connect you"=> Why don't we use the present continuous in this case?

"while we are connecting you" ?
We could, but as the action of connecting is (we hope) of short duration, we don't really need to use the present continuous.
 

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Thank you 5.

In my question, would it be better to use "why aren't we using"?

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