Comments on: Present tenses in English

By: Clare

Clare — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 14:30:41 +0000

Yes.

By: Harold

Harold — Sun, 19 Sep 2010 14:23:27 +0000

"I'm seeing the doctor tomorrow" does this mean you've made an appointment with the doctor??

By: Clare

Clare — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 05:55:53 +0000

In short, yes. We can use "will" to talk about people's habits, but we mean to say that this person insists on doing this.
"If you ask him to stop writing, he'll always ask you 'why'". Here, you're showing exasperation that he always insists on asking you.

If you just use the present simple to describe habit, then there's no extra meaning – you're just describing habit.

By: juna

juna — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 00:18:38 +0000

Hi Clare,
I often have problem when I describe the routine action for example, he does not write if you ask hime to stop doing that and pay attention on your writing he will want another pencil or will ask for something else he will not listen or he will do this or that. my question is if I start any sentence with present simple can I end it with simple future.

By: Clare

Clare — Fri, 28 May 2010 06:48:35 +0000

It's like other adverbs of frequency: it goes before the main verb, but after the verb "to be" and other modal verbs:

I sometimes go to the cinema.
I am sometimes angry with my boss.