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#1 (permalink) Tue Sep 16, 2008 12:04 pm General statement about the continuous forms

Would this be a useful summarisation/general statement to begin talking about the use of the continuous forms in English? The continuous forms are used to signal: interruptedness, temporariness, duration and progressive change. This statement would of course be made after students had encountered continuous forms in their reading and listening.

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