Thursday, March 17, 2016

"Depend" usage in present continuous


Refer below image from the book "Essential Grammar in use" by Raymond Murphy,


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The image shows that we do not use those verbs in the present continuous as "I am -ing", but I have seen some sentences like this "I'm depending on you"


Please clarify, Thanks in advance



Answer



Generally speaking, the answer is a resounding yes, but in reality these rules can sometimes be "broken". And native speakers actually would not even be able to tell you whether they're breaking anything. I'm depending on you, I'm loving it (that's a catch phrase from one of the McDonald's TV commercials, as far as I know) and I'm remembering now (though the meaning here is a tad different from I remember that) are three such examples. There are probably many more. But, again, in general the book is right.


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