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Default Re: Grammar rules and exceptions!

Teacher - ...so we use Present Simple for something generally true, and Present Continuous for a current action.

Student - Yes, I am understanding.

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I like to get the students to look for patterns in language use rather than apply grammatical rules (although I do that too).

As long as they are aware that there are exceptions, they should be okay.
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