Buku
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I saw this sentence on "Man vs Wild" by Bear Gril with English subtitle on discovery channel,where he used this sentence."He was fighting with a crocodile.while fighting with the crocodile he said,"I am tired.My hands do not work properly.".
so my question is that why he used this sentence in simple present tense(hands do not work) instead of present continuous as in "My hands are not working properly".? Is there any rules where I can use present simple as a short form of present continuous in speech time as in "why do not you play?"(why are not you playing?)?
so my question is that why he used this sentence in simple present tense(hands do not work) instead of present continuous as in "My hands are not working properly".? Is there any rules where I can use present simple as a short form of present continuous in speech time as in "why do not you play?"(why are not you playing?)?