Always + ing.
In this post I'm going to finish looking at language structures which are used differently than we expect.
We have seen how we use 'will' to talk about the present and how in unreal situations use the past to refer to the present.
Another similar situation when that learners of English are told that adverbs of frequency are not used in the continuous.
However, you will see from the above quote that Pablo Picasso himself is doing it.
However, you will see from the above quote that Pablo Picasso himself is doing it.
Well we can use always + ing for the following reasons:
'Politicians are always breaking their promises'.
The speaker is expressing irritation or disapproval at a habit.
'I'm always doing things I can't do, that's how...'
Pablo is emphasizing a repeated action.
This structure only sounds right in the present simple continuous and past simple continuous:
is/am/are always + ing and was/were always + ing
'Always going to' sounds wrong used in the perfect and with 'will' but we can use 'always going to'.
...is/am/are always going to do...
&
...was/were always going to do...
The first emphasizes an intention in the future.
The second emphasizes an intention in the past.
The songs have nothing to do with the grammar (expect that one has 'always' in it and the other is about Pablo Picasso) but I like them.
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