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Dominiki

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My english book claims the following:

Our tennis team are always looking for new people.

It says that this is wrong: Our tennis team always look for new people.

I thougt we usw present simple if a sentence expresses something that happens regulary, habitual or a general accapted truth.....

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Regularly, thought, accepted (accapted would be pronounced as akapted) & usw is a typo.

The first one is best as the tennis team is still looking for people, as we speak. The action is continuing.

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Calis is right. Your English book is wrong.
 

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Thank you very much. Dominik
 
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