Re: Active Verbs VS Passive Verbs
Centos, I liked your example with the "ing" verbs. It flowed and sounded well. It had a nice rhythm to it. Sort of like my "picnic" example in a previous post.
Your original post of this thread was more focused on the present progressive tense form of writing, which you complained about someone telling you to use "sits" instead of "is sitting."
You said you wanted to express an action "continuing," thus the reason why you insisted that present progressive tense form was needed.
I agree in some, very few, situations this form of writing would be needed, but overall, no.
To demonstrate what I'm talking about I'll use your own example that you were so happy with:
"Bob and Tom circle each other, feinting -- trying to find an opening."
-- Bob and Tom's action is continuing, but you found it not necessary to use the present progressive tense form of writing by using the "to be" verb "are" to express this: Bob and Tom are circling each other...
So, I think you can finally agree that you don't necessary need to use the present progressive tense style of writing to express a "continuing" action.
Centos, I'll be using your example in the future along with my "picnic" example to demonstrate times where using an "ing" verb would be cool.
Centos, I liked your example with the "ing" verbs. It flowed and sounded well. It had a nice rhythm to it. Sort of like my "picnic" example in a previous post.
Your original post of this thread was more focused on the present progressive tense form of writing, which you complained about someone telling you to use "sits" instead of "is sitting."
You said you wanted to express an action "continuing," thus the reason why you insisted that present progressive tense form was needed.
I agree in some, very few, situations this form of writing would be needed, but overall, no.
To demonstrate what I'm talking about I'll use your own example that you were so happy with:
"Bob and Tom circle each other, feinting -- trying to find an opening."
-- Bob and Tom's action is continuing, but you found it not necessary to use the present progressive tense form of writing by using the "to be" verb "are" to express this: Bob and Tom are circling each other...
So, I think you can finally agree that you don't necessary need to use the present progressive tense style of writing to express a "continuing" action.
Centos, I'll be using your example in the future along with my "picnic" example to demonstrate times where using an "ing" verb would be cool.
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