Re: Back to the Future (was: I'm back, sort of)

P = Padraic
J = Joe
P> Actually, English uses the simple present all the
P> time; it's just not the "simple present" we were
P> taught at school.

J> Except that's not simple.  I meant simple as opposed to composite, not
J> simple as in normal.

I think you're both saying the same thing, to wit: while the present progressive
tense is more common than the simple present tense in English,
the simple present is still very common, being used to indicate
habitual action instead of current action.

-Mark