BoscoX -> RE: The Swedish meatball masacree – never forget! (2/24/2017 4:25:08 AM)
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ORIGINAL: blnymph As a non-native speaker let me remind you of this: Quote: "You look at what's happening in Germany. You look at what's happening! Last night in Sweden — Sweden — who would believe this..." Use of Present continuous: Verb form " to express the idea that something is happening now, at this very moment." (englishpage.com) Was anything happening at that time, besides his speech? Not at all. Who would believe that man anything? Present continuous can also refer to something happening across a span of time. In other words, "what's happening" (in someplace) can be used to refer to what has been happening or is in the process of happening, even if it isn't happening right at this instant. [image]http://englishpage.com/image/verbs/presentcontinuouslongnow.gif[/image] In English, "now" can mean: this second, today, this month, this year, this century, and so on. Sometimes, we use the Present Continuous to say that we are in the process of doing a longer action which is in progress; however, we might not be doing it at this exact second. And, of course, the above comes directly from the page you quoted. You just "neglected" (so to speak) to quote all of it. http://englishpage.com/verbpage/presentcontinuous.html K. And if the quote isn't strategically edited (as all of the "liberal" news outlets have done) the quote makes more sense: quote:
Here's the bottom line. We've got to keep our country safe. You look at what's happening. We've got to keep our country safe. You look at what's happening in Germany, you look at what's happening last night in Sweden. Sweden, who would believe this. Sweden. They took in large numbers. They're having problems like they never thought possible. You look at what's happening in Brussels. You look at what's happening all over the world. Take a look at Nice. Take a look at Paris. We've allowed thousands and thousands of people into our country and there was no way to vet those people. There was no documentation. There was no nothing. So we're going to keep our country safe.
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