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denfer
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Hello everybody, Could you help me ? I know I can say: I am seeing my boss this afternoon. (meeting) but can I say : I�m seeing the film with Mark this Friday. (meaning going to the cinema) Thank you
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3 Mar 2013
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cunliffe
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I �m seeing the film with Mark this Friday is fine. |
3 Mar 2013
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yanogator
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I agree with Lynne. "I �m seeing the film with Mark this Friday" is fine, and commonly used. Bruce |
3 Mar 2013
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spinney
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I �m seeing a film with Mark this Friday, is correct as it �s using the present continuous as close future. I �m seeing a film now, would not be correct. In that sense it would have to be, I �m watching a film now. We don �t use the verb see in the present continuous if the verb means to see with the eyes. However, the doctor is seeing a patient, is correct because it means meeting. We tend to collocate the verb see with film/movie in the past, future, present perfect, sometimes the present but never the present continuous (meaning at this time). For that we would use the verb watch. And now I have a headache and need to take an aspirin!  |
3 Mar 2013
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wasla31
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Thanks a lot spinney for your answer. I am sure it helps denfer.
I hope you �re OK now you made me laugh a lot "And now I have a headache and need to take an aspirin! " |
3 Mar 2013
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yanogator
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There are some other cases in which "see" can be used in the present continuous. You can tell the doctor "I �m seeing spots before my eyes", indicating that it �s happening right now, but not necessarily all the time (which would be indicated by "I see spost before my eyes"). When a fortune teller looks into her crystal ball (I actually knew a young lady named Crystal Ball). djr ,ohjy dsu "I am seeing a tall stranger". Bruce |
3 Mar 2013
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edrodmedina
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Wasn �t Crystal, Lucy �s sister? Ed |
3 Mar 2013
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denfer
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Thanks again. I am sorry about the headache spinney but you sacrificed yourself for a good cause :-) Denisa |
3 Mar 2013
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