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1. Can you explain to me the differences between the pair of the sentences below:
Do you ever visit my showroom?
Have you ever visited my showroom?
You never go out with me.
You have never gone out with me.
I have just heard the news.
I just heard the news.
2. Can I replace the underlined words by the red ones ?
Mrs. Brown sometimes knits but she isn’t knitting tonight. doesn’t knit
Why are you putting on your coat? do you put
Where have you been? ~ I have been shopping in Oxford Street.
Where were you? ~ was shopping
3. Can you explain to me the grammatical structures which are underlined in the following conversation?
A: You are looking very thoughtful. What are you thinking about?
B: I am thinking about my retirement.
A: But you are only 25. You are only just starting your career. (why don’t we use “you have only started” instead of?)
B: I know; but I am reading an article which says that a sensible man starts thinking about retirement at 25. (the action “reading” finished, didn’t it? So, why did they use present progressive?)
That's all.
Thank you for your help,
Dell
Do you ever visit my showroom?
Have you ever visited my showroom?
You never go out with me.
You have never gone out with me.
I have just heard the news.
I just heard the news.
2. Can I replace the underlined words by the red ones ?
Mrs. Brown sometimes knits but she isn’t knitting tonight. doesn’t knit
Why are you putting on your coat? do you put
Where have you been? ~ I have been shopping in Oxford Street.
Where were you? ~ was shopping
3. Can you explain to me the grammatical structures which are underlined in the following conversation?
A: You are looking very thoughtful. What are you thinking about?
B: I am thinking about my retirement.
A: But you are only 25. You are only just starting your career. (why don’t we use “you have only started” instead of?)
B: I know; but I am reading an article which says that a sensible man starts thinking about retirement at 25. (the action “reading” finished, didn’t it? So, why did they use present progressive?)
That's all.
Thank you for your help,
Dell