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English Take a look at Changing the Present, started by a TEDster, next time you need a wedding present or a holiday present. Note that a sentence using the present simple like 'We usually have breakfast at 8 o'clock' is more general.

He is not playing golf now means that he's doing something else - maybe he's at work or maybe he's driving his car.If we knew what the situation was and what the speaker was thinking and intending to communicate when they said it, that would definitely help. If you see someone doing something that they started doing sometime in the past, generally speaking 'How long have you been doing this?

There might be a particular context in which the first sentence (with present continuous) is possible, but in general it's not correct. present tense conjugation of être + en train de + infinitive Examples: Nous sommes en train de dîner. Present Present time refers to the time around the moment of writing or speaking (time around now) and to general and permanent time. Taper gift tax relief doesn’t necessarily reduce the value of your gift, but it does reduce the amount of tax payable. The idea is that the action is ongoing at that specific moment - it started some time before eight o'clock, and went on after that moment.The Council took note of the Commission's intention to present by summer 2012 an overall assessment of the progress made by Bulgaria and Romania since 1 January 2007 within the CVM framework. So in this case, it could be early in the morning and someone has asked the speaker if they can speak on the phone at 8.

Without any other information I would say that the correct interpretation is (c): the sentence tells use what the situation is at the time I get home on a particular occasion. Other verbs that follow the same conjugation include: accueillir welcome, couvrir cover, cueillir gather, découvrir discover, ouvrir open, souffrir suffer, etc. If you don’t use your full gift allowance in one year, you’re allowed to roll it over to the following year.

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