We also use the present continuous - subject + be + verb+ing – to talk about future plans and arrangements that are definite. The kind of things you write in your diary. เ... Verb patternsIn English ...
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FOR my dissertation for a PhD in applied linguistics, I wrote a 300-page manuscript all about verbs in Philippine English. One might imagine I have an unusual obsession with verbs — and, yes, I had.