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I 著 wear 緊 PROG 衫。 clothes 我 著 緊 衫。 I wear PROG clothes I am putting on clothes. Continuous 我 I 著 wear 住 CONT 衫。 clothes 我 著 住 衫。 I wear CONT clothes I am wearing clothes. In the example, the progressive aspect expresses the fact that the subject is actively putting on clothes rather than merely wearing them as in the continuous aspect. This example is ...
In progress; pending. in fine (i.f.) in the end: At the end. Used in footnotes, for example, "p. 157 in fine": "the end of page 157". in flagrante delicto: in a blazing wrong, while the crime is blazing: Caught in the act (esp. a crime or in a "compromising position"); equivalent to "caught red-handed" in English idiom. in flore: in blossom ...
The term "continual improvement", not "continuous improvement", is used in ISO 14000, and is understood to refer to an ongoing series of small or large-scale improvements which are each done discretely, i.e. in a step-wise fashion. Several differences exist between the CIP concept as it is applied in quality management and environmental management.
Progress is movement towards a perceived refined, improved, or otherwise desired state. [1] [2] [3] It is central to the philosophy of progressivism, which interprets ...
The present continuous is formed by the present tense form of be and the present participle (-ing form) of the verb. [3] [4]For example, you would write the verb work in the present continuous form by adding the -ing suffix to the verb and placing a present tense form of be (am, are, is) in front of it: [3]
Imperfect meanings in English are expressed in different ways depending on whether the event is continuous or habitual.. For a continuous action (one that was in progress at a particular time in the past), the past progressive (past continuous) form is used, as in "I was eating"; "They were running fast."
Another round of fire-fueling Santa Ana winds is lashing Southern California after a brief weekend reprieve helped crews make more progress battling the deadly infernos in Los Angeles County.
The meanings are as would be expected for the respective aspects: perfect for prior occurrence, progressive for ongoing occurrence at a particular time. ( Passive voice can also be marked in nonfinite constructions – with infinitives, gerunds and present participles – in the expected way: (to) be eaten , being eaten , having been eaten , etc.)