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Do you provide food to him? - Present Simple (states, repeated actions, daily routines)
Are you providing food to him? - Present Continuous (now, at the moment, to express irritaion at actions that happen too often) |
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Nevermind
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| #3 (permalink) Sat Mar 06, 2010 14:43 pm When to use "Are" and "Do"? |
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| Bok882002 wrote: |
Hi All,
Which one is correct for statement in below?
Are you providing food to him?
Do you provide food to him?
In what kind of situation, we will use "Do/Does" or "Are/Is" for asking a question. |
Nevermind's accent makes him almost impossible to understand, so I thought I'd give you an answer also.
The present continuous tense (also called the present progressive tense) indicates that something is happening right now, or at least nowadays. So, "Are you providing food to him?" is asking whether you are giving him food right now or these days.
The simple present tense often indicates something that usually or habitually happens, so, "Do you provide food to him?" is asking whether it's someone's habit or routine to give him food.
The difference between these two questions is the difference between the present simple and the present continuous tenses. Study those, and you'll understand better. |
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| #4 (permalink) Sat Mar 06, 2010 14:47 pm When to use "Are" and "Do"? |
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Mr. Jamie was right. So, the two sentences you gave were grammatically right. Using what just depends on your purpose. Do you understand my English?
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| #5 (permalink) Sat Mar 06, 2010 15:01 pm When to use "Are" and "Do"? |
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Hi Nevermind,Vietanhpham_Winter and Jamie (K),thank for your explanation.It really helps me a lot.
I have another question here, how about this one:
"Do you understand my question?" and "Are you understanding my question?"
I knew the correct answer should be "Do you understand my question?" but i just wondered why we can't use
"Are you understanding my question?" |
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| #6 (permalink) Sat Mar 06, 2010 15:04 pm When to use "Are" and "Do"? |
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| "Understand" is a non-action verb (also called a stative verb), and those can generally not be used in a continuous tense. |
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| #7 (permalink) Sat Mar 06, 2010 15:17 pm When to use "Are" and "Do"? |
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| I understand it now. Thank you very much :p |
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| #8 (permalink) Sat Mar 06, 2010 15:47 pm When to use "Are" and "Do"? |
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[quote="Jamie (K)"]
| Bok882002 wrote: |
Hi All,
Nevermind's accent makes him almost impossible to understand, so I thought I'd give you an answer also.
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That's not very nice. I had no problem understanding him.
English is a language spoken by hundreds of millions of people around the world and accents are simply part of the flavour of wonderful gumbo that makes our language unique.
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| #9 (permalink) Sat Mar 06, 2010 15:56 pm When to use "Are" and "Do"? |
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[quote="OxfordBlues"]
| Jamie (K) wrote: |
| Bok882002 wrote: |
Hi All,
Nevermind's accent makes him almost impossible to understand, so I thought I'd give you an answer also.
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That's not very nice. I had no problem understanding him. |
Sorry. I deal with foreign accents all day every day, and I could not understand him.
| OxfordBlues wrote: |
| English is a language spoken by hundreds of millions of people around the world and accents are simply part of the flavour of wonderful gumbo that makes our language unique. |
Sure, but when the accent is unintelligible to someone who can understand even very difficult accents, or when it requires so much work to understand that the listener gives up quickly, then the person has some work to do on his speech. |
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| #10 (permalink) Sat Mar 06, 2010 17:25 pm When to use "Are" and "Do"? |
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[quote="OxfordBlues"]
| Jamie (K) wrote: |
| Bok882002 wrote: |
Hi All,
Nevermind's accent makes him almost impossible to understand, so I thought I'd give you an answer also.
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That's not very nice. I had no problem understanding him.
English is a language spoken by hundreds of millions of people around the world and accents are simply part of the flavour of wonderful gumbo that makes our language unique. |
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Our great Jamie (K) is always worrying about the people with bad accents...he should have to listen to the English spoken by the African Natives who share the Zulu as their mother tongue...
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| #11 (permalink) Sat Mar 06, 2010 18:49 pm When to use "Are" and "Do"? |
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| I know about my accent I don't speak english very well but I'm trying to change it ;). I am also surprised that sb understood me. |
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