March 27, 2017, 09:19 PM
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Opal
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Join Date: Jan 2013
Posts: 19
Native Language: English
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Quote:
Originally Posted by poli
The present tense can be ambiguous as you display. You drink water can mean something that you customarily do, or it may mean you currently drink water. In English we most frequently use the present progressive or continuous tense to avoid confusion.
In Spanish, the same is true, but the present progressive is used less. If overused, it sounds foreign.
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That is very helpful, thank you
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