Sunday, February 17, 2013

Present Progressive with “ALWAYS”



Penggunaan Present Progressive yang Menggunakan keterangan tambahan berupa "always"
DON’T FORGET!! Sentence meaning is depending on Speaker’s tone of voice.
e.g
a.       Shoso always leaves at 7 oclock.
in this case always tuh di pake buat menyatakan habitual activity
b.       Shoso is always leaving her dirty socks on the floor for me to pick up! Who does she think I am? Her maid?
Di kalimat ini always tuh di pake buat menyatakan complaining. Biasa nya buat expressing kejengkelan ato kemarahan.
c.       I am always picking up Shosos dirty socks!
d.      I am forever picking up Shosos dirty socks!
e.       I am constantly picking up Shosos dirty socks!
Ato juga bisa always di ganti sama forever ato constantly, maknanya tetep buat expressing kejengkelan.

Jangan lupa kalo di English tuh penggunaan nada bicara juga mempengaruhi makna dari kalimat itu sendiri.
a)       Shoso always leaves at 7 oclock.
In this case always used to expressing habitual activity.
b)       Shoso is always leaving her dirty socks on the floor for me to pick up! Who does she think I am? Her maid?
always in this sentence used to express complaining. It usually for expressing annoyance or anger.
c)       I am always picking up Shosos dirty socks!
d)      I am forever picking up Shosos dirty socks!
e)       I am constantly picking up Shosos dirty socks!
The words forever and constantly are used with present progressive to express annoyance.

*Betty Schrampfer Azar, UNDERSTANDING AND USING ENGLISH GRAMMAR SECOND EDITION

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