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Subject:	Re: "was meaning" (was Grammar and Writing)
From:	David Brown <[log in to unmask]>
Reply To:	Assembly for the Teaching of English Grammar <[log in to unmask]>
Date:	Wed, 23 Nov 2005 09:59:02 -0800
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On Wed, 23 Nov 2005 09:44:53 -0800
  "Kischner, Michael" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Linda:
> 
> With some differences, your interesting distinction may 
>apply also to the verb "love."  We mean different things 
>when we say "I love this book" and "I am loving this 
>book," and there is more at work than the distinction 
>between present and present progressive.

I think this problem(?) may have come from the MacDonald's 
slogan, "I'm loving it." It thoroughly confuses students, 
who I sometimes tell, "Their grammar (MacDonald's) is on a 
par with their food."

Peace,

David Brown
EFL/ESL Teacher
Long Beach, CA
USA

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