kadioguy
Key Member
- Joined
- Mar 4, 2017
- Member Type
- Student or Learner
- Native Language
- Chinese
- Home Country
- Taiwan
- Current Location
- Taiwan
[From a TOEIC test]
Hi, Magda. Just calling to say I reivewed your product development report. I’m glad the focus groups are responding so well to the prototype of our tablet computer.
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1. Why is the present progressive used? Does that mean the speaker thinks that that is still ture at the present but could change later?
2. How about "responded"? I think that that could also work but simply mean that the respond happened in the past. That is, "are responding" and "responded" have subtle differences in meaning in the context.
What do you think?
Hi, Magda. Just calling to say I reivewed your product development report. I’m glad the focus groups are responding so well to the prototype of our tablet computer.
---
1. Why is the present progressive used? Does that mean the speaker thinks that that is still ture at the present but could change later?
2. How about "responded"? I think that that could also work but simply mean that the respond happened in the past. That is, "are responding" and "responded" have subtle differences in meaning in the context.
What do you think?