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[Rachel Adams]

With your dogs example, I think I can see where at least some of the confusion is coming from. The following sentences mean just about the same thing:

1. Our dogs fight whenever they meet.
2. Our dogs are always fighting!

If you add "whenever they meet" to the end of sentence 2, it stops sounding natural. The use of "always" with the continuous negates the need for "whenever they meet".

Is it the same with "never"? Can I use "...but he is never doing it" and "I am never winning"?

2. "He always says he will mend the window but he never does it."

3. "I always buy lottery tickets but I never win anything."

 

[emsr2d2]

Is it the same with "never"? Can I use "...but he is never doing it" and "I am never winning"?

2. "He always says he will mend the window but he never does it."

3. "I always buy lottery tickets but I never win anything."

No, you're putting the wrong half of the sentence into the continuous in both examples. You can say:

He's always saying he'll mend the windows but he never does.
I'm always buying lottery tickets but I never win anything.

 

[Rachel Adams]

No, you're putting the wrong half of the sentence into the continuous in both examples. You can say:

He's always saying he'll mend the windows but he never does.
I'm always buying lottery tickets but I never win anything.

Is this sentence "He is always wearing black" instead of "He always wears black" as unnatural as "I am always dreaming at night"?

 

[emsr2d2]

Yes.