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You're not understanding me? #1 (permalink) Thu Apr 23, 2009 17:19 pm   You're not understanding me?
 

So how common is it to use the verb 'understand' in the present progressive, as in 'You're not understanding me'?

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You're not understanding me? #2 (permalink) Thu Apr 23, 2009 23:30 pm   You're not understanding me?
 

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I think this sort of use of the continuous is quite common in conversation, Torsten. It certainly sounds quite normal to me.
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