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Re: Rating Languages

From:Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...>
Date:Friday, September 28, 2001, 18:04
Roger Mills wrote:
> > Nik Taylor wrote: > >It's also interesting that it's "be staying" but simply "live". > > A: "Where are you living these days?" > B: "I sold my place in Orlando; I'm living in Miami now." > Admittedly under special circumstances (A perhaps hasn't seen B in a while, > or knows that B tends to move a lot).
Hmm .. that's true. Altho, for me, both "be living" and "live" would work in B's response, but not in A's question. Now, THAT's odd, I just realized that. Why should a form be allowed in the response, but not in the question? -- "No just cause can be advanced by terror" ICQ: 18656696 AIM Screen-Name: NikTaylor42