Timeline for "Timetable future": Why are "I leave at 8 pm" & "I am leaving at 8 pm" OK but not "I eat a pizza at 6 pm" & "I am eating a pizza at 6 pm"?
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| Apr 2 at 13:13 | comment | added | Lambie | @user182601 Oh yes, but ngrams cannot produce context can they? Where did I say you cannot say/use eat a pizza and must say have a pizza? What I said was: in certain contexts we say eat and in others we say have. Hits from ngrams prove nothing. The context has to be something one knows, not something from ngrams. My context was explained. | |
| Apr 2 at 4:34 | comment | added | user182601 | a native speaker when referring to this would use the verb have and not eat. (1) On Ngram, "eating a pizza" is actually more common than "having a pizza". (2) most Americans would probably use “eat” but “have” would still sound natural | |
| Apr 1 at 22:45 | comment | added | Lambie | @Araucaria-Him Excuse me? It is not that I prefer it. I just think it is more attuned to the OP. And I also downvoted the question. It should be on ELL, not here/ | |
| Apr 1 at 22:14 | comment | added | Araucaria - Him | @Lambie You downvoted Mari-Lous answer because you think your answer better answers the question? That's an abuse of the voting system! C'mon Lambie, you don't downvote another answer just because you prefer your own answer! | |
| Apr 1 at 16:19 | comment | added | Lambie | @Mari-LouA I have answered your questions honestly, I apologized for saying one thing to you and doing another, but I will not remove the DV because I think my answer better answers the OP directly. I'm sorry you don't like that. | |
| Apr 1 at 15:59 | comment | added | Mari-Lou A |
Amputate? Mostly? I actually quoted you "You didn't explain the difference between the progressive and present simple in the case of eating/eat” That was the main criticism and the explanation for the DV. As for addressing the OP's second scenario, which I didn't belittle People do not amputate their own legs. They **have them** amputated. Gees I addressed it, properly, in my post. I didn't belittle the examples instead I pointed out they made normal sense if the pronouns were changed.The subject matter maybe gruesome, but, sadly, people do get their limbs amputated all the time.
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| Apr 1 at 15:47 | comment | added | Lambie | Mostly about the amputate and not calling it out as really over the top. Also, because I believe in using the same examples as an OP for purposes of clarity before providing examples of my own. There is no hypocrisy and I even apologized to you for telling you one thing and not doing it myself. I also said the OP did NOT ask that question, but now has an answer to it in comments. And, in terms of the OP's actual question, I think my answer is more straightforward. | |
| Apr 1 at 15:41 | comment | added | Mari-Lou A | Remind me why you cast a downvote in the first place. It's the second comment under my post. My explanation is now the 4th comment (since you self-deleted the other comments). My word, the hypocrisy of your rationale is deafening to my ears. So will you retract your downvote? I don't want an upvote. I'm not asking that. | |
| Apr 1 at 15:37 | comment | added | Lambie | @Mari-LouA I addressed your question in the comments, and said the OP did not ask that and I even said, go ahead and downvote. I will ask you again: Did the OP ask that specific question? If not, which I believe is right, s/he now has the answer in comments anyway. Finally, if my question to you re your answer was mistaken, I'm sorry. | |
| Apr 1 at 15:25 | comment | added | Mari-Lou A | Double standards, you apply one criticism to my contribution but then fail to address the same issue in your own answer. | |
| Apr 1 at 15:21 | comment | added | Lambie | You should downvote if you want to. I just answered the actual questions. Did the OP ask a question about the future continuous? 1) and 5) are not in the question, I think, so I didn't deal with it. | |
| Apr 1 at 15:11 | comment | added | Mari-Lou A | It's not in your answer though. How is the future continuous connected to the OP query? I'll remind you that you downvoted my answer because this detail was missing. Why shouldn't I cast a downvote in this instance? | |
| Apr 1 at 15:06 | comment | added | Lambie | @Mari-LouA That one's easy: I will eat is just future intention (The British council says it this way, too: We use will to talk about spontaneous plans decided at the moment of speaking.) whereas I'll be eating states what you will be doing at that time. | |
| Apr 1 at 14:55 | comment | added | Mari-Lou A | What is the difference between "I will be eating a pizza at 6pm"? and I will eat a pizza at 6pm”? | |
| Apr 1 at 14:49 | history | answered | Lambie | CC BY-SA 4.0 |