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AEE: Feeling Anxious About English Grammar? Never Fear!
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present tense and present progressive tense are ok: be, being; feel, feeling;taste, tasting; smell, smelling; hear, hering.
He is being quiet right now.=He is quiet.=He is acting quiet.
"being" is really about this moment.
What's going on? U r being wired.
I am felling anxious. I feel anxious.
I am felling sick. I feel sick. It can be used both ways for sure. "ing form" stress something temporary.
Do you hear that? = Are you hearing that?
Do you see that?= Are you seeing that?
He is being quiet right now.=He is quiet.=He is acting quiet.
"being" is really about this moment.
What's going on? U r being wired.
I am felling anxious. I feel anxious.
I am felling sick. I feel sick. It can be used both ways for sure. "ing form" stress something temporary.
Do you hear that? = Are you hearing that?
Do you see that?= Are you seeing that?
ing , the present moment , something temporary
1. be
he is being quiet right now .
he is quiet .
he is acting quiet .
you are being weird , what's going on ?
2. feel
i am feeling anxious .
i am feeling sick . = i feel sick .
3. smell
i am smelling him ***
do you smell that ?
4. taste
this taste good = this is tasting good .
5. hearing / seeing
are / do you seeing that
verbs can't be use ing
seem , it seems strange .
appear , she appears to be reasonable .
vi. 出现；显得；似乎；出庭；登场
此时seem = appear
i can't tell what i am tasting .
maybe is lemon .
i am feeling little nervous about this .
1. be
he is being quiet right now .
he is quiet .
he is acting quiet .
you are being weird , what's going on ?
2. feel
i am feeling anxious .
i am feeling sick . = i feel sick .
3. smell
i am smelling him ***
do you smell that ?
4. taste
this taste good = this is tasting good .
5. hearing / seeing
are / do you seeing that
verbs can't be use ing
seem , it seems strange .
appear , she appears to be reasonable .
vi. 出现；显得；似乎；出庭；登场
此时seem = appear
i can't tell what i am tasting .
maybe is lemon .
i am feeling little nervous about this .
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✓:She appears to be reasonable.
✓:She seems to be reasonable.
✗:She is seeming to be reasonable.
✗:She is appearing to be reasonable.
That's because they are state verbs, not action verbs. "Appearing" is right somehow, but it will be another meaning, and it is a action verb, meaning "performing".