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Pls kindly explain the meaning of Present Continuous variant in the sentence:



What time does your plane arrive/is your plane arriving?



Both variants are correct accordong to the book.
But normally we use Present Simple for timetables.










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  • You're quite right that we're more likely to say The train arrives tomorrow morning and John is arriving tomorrow morning rather than the other way around. But this is really an English Language Learners question. Briefly, "continuous present for future" often implies particular relevant to time of speaking, whereas "simple present for future" often implies "timelessly repeating" (as, for example, a scheduled rota).
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Pls kindly explain the meaning of Present Continuous variant in the sentence:



What time does your plane arrive/is your plane arriving?



Both variants are correct accordong to the book.
But normally we use Present Simple for timetables.










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  • You're quite right that we're more likely to say The train arrives tomorrow morning and John is arriving tomorrow morning rather than the other way around. But this is really an English Language Learners question. Briefly, "continuous present for future" often implies particular relevant to time of speaking, whereas "simple present for future" often implies "timelessly repeating" (as, for example, a scheduled rota).
    – FumbleFingers
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    46 mins ago













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Pls kindly explain the meaning of Present Continuous variant in the sentence:



What time does your plane arrive/is your plane arriving?



Both variants are correct accordong to the book.
But normally we use Present Simple for timetables.










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Pls kindly explain the meaning of Present Continuous variant in the sentence:



What time does your plane arrive/is your plane arriving?



Both variants are correct accordong to the book.
But normally we use Present Simple for timetables.







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  • You're quite right that we're more likely to say The train arrives tomorrow morning and John is arriving tomorrow morning rather than the other way around. But this is really an English Language Learners question. Briefly, "continuous present for future" often implies particular relevant to time of speaking, whereas "simple present for future" often implies "timelessly repeating" (as, for example, a scheduled rota).
    – FumbleFingers
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  • Thank you a lot!!! Now it's clear!
    – Kate Kutsiyanova
    46 mins ago


















  • You're quite right that we're more likely to say The train arrives tomorrow morning and John is arriving tomorrow morning rather than the other way around. But this is really an English Language Learners question. Briefly, "continuous present for future" often implies particular relevant to time of speaking, whereas "simple present for future" often implies "timelessly repeating" (as, for example, a scheduled rota).
    – FumbleFingers
    1 hour ago










  • Thank you a lot!!! Now it's clear!
    – Kate Kutsiyanova
    46 mins ago
















You're quite right that we're more likely to say The train arrives tomorrow morning and John is arriving tomorrow morning rather than the other way around. But this is really an English Language Learners question. Briefly, "continuous present for future" often implies particular relevant to time of speaking, whereas "simple present for future" often implies "timelessly repeating" (as, for example, a scheduled rota).
– FumbleFingers
1 hour ago




You're quite right that we're more likely to say The train arrives tomorrow morning and John is arriving tomorrow morning rather than the other way around. But this is really an English Language Learners question. Briefly, "continuous present for future" often implies particular relevant to time of speaking, whereas "simple present for future" often implies "timelessly repeating" (as, for example, a scheduled rota).
– FumbleFingers
1 hour ago












Thank you a lot!!! Now it's clear!
– Kate Kutsiyanova
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Thank you a lot!!! Now it's clear!
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