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Which sentence is correct:

I'm eating less chocolate at the moment because I am on a diet.

I eat less chocolate at the moment because I am on a diet.

Which tense should be used here?

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Which sentence is correct:

I'm eating less chocolate at the moment because I am on a diet.

I eat less chocolate at the moment because I am on a diet.

Which tense should be used here?

edited Mar 10 '17 at 12:07

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asked Mar 10 '17 at 9:31

Lahn

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Which sentence is correct:

I'm eating less chocolate at the moment because I am on a diet.

I eat less chocolate at the moment because I am on a diet.

Which tense should be used here?

edited Mar 10 '17 at 12:07

user3382203

3232415

asked Mar 10 '17 at 9:31

Lahn

Which sentence is correct:

I'm eating less chocolate at the moment because I am on a diet.

I eat less chocolate at the moment because I am on a diet.

Which tense should be used here?

grammar tenses grammatical-structure

edited Mar 10 '17 at 12:07

user3382203

3232415

asked Mar 10 '17 at 9:31

Lahn

edited Mar 10 '17 at 12:07

user3382203

3232415

asked Mar 10 '17 at 9:31

Lahn

edited Mar 10 '17 at 12:07

user3382203

3232415

edited Mar 10 '17 at 12:07

user3382203

3232415

edited Mar 10 '17 at 12:07

user3382203

3232415

asked Mar 10 '17 at 9:31

Lahn

asked Mar 10 '17 at 9:31

Lahn

asked Mar 10 '17 at 9:31

Lahn

closed as off-topic by Skooba, Hank, Cascabel, NVZ, Dan Bron Mar 11 '17 at 15:49

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We generally use the Present Continuous to talk about what we are doing at present or at a particular time, and the Simple Present to talk about our interests, habits, schedules and the like.

So you would say:

I am feeding the dog at five o'clock

to indicate that today you will be giving the dog its food at five o'clock.

I feed the dog at five o'clock

on the other hand means that you usually feed the dog at that hour.

Because in your sentence you speak about at the moment, it sounds more natural to say:

I am eating less chocolate at the moment because I am on a diet.

If you omitted at the moment, it would be fair to say:

I eat less chocolate because I am on diet

suggesting that this is now habitual behaviour and that the diet will last for some time.

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1 Answer
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We generally use the Present Continuous to talk about what we are doing at present or at a particular time, and the Simple Present to talk about our interests, habits, schedules and the like.

So you would say:

I am feeding the dog at five o'clock

to indicate that today you will be giving the dog its food at five o'clock.

I feed the dog at five o'clock

on the other hand means that you usually feed the dog at that hour.

Because in your sentence you speak about at the moment, it sounds more natural to say:

I am eating less chocolate at the moment because I am on a diet.

If you omitted at the moment, it would be fair to say:

I eat less chocolate because I am on diet

suggesting that this is now habitual behaviour and that the diet will last for some time.

edited May 18 '17 at 12:05

NVZ

20.8k1459110

answered Mar 10 '17 at 14:01

Ronald Sole

57037

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We generally use the Present Continuous to talk about what we are doing at present or at a particular time, and the Simple Present to talk about our interests, habits, schedules and the like.

So you would say:

I am feeding the dog at five o'clock

to indicate that today you will be giving the dog its food at five o'clock.

I feed the dog at five o'clock

on the other hand means that you usually feed the dog at that hour.

Because in your sentence you speak about at the moment, it sounds more natural to say:

I am eating less chocolate at the moment because I am on a diet.

If you omitted at the moment, it would be fair to say:

I eat less chocolate because I am on diet

suggesting that this is now habitual behaviour and that the diet will last for some time.

edited May 18 '17 at 12:05

NVZ

20.8k1459110

answered Mar 10 '17 at 14:01

Ronald Sole

57037

add a comment |

We generally use the Present Continuous to talk about what we are doing at present or at a particular time, and the Simple Present to talk about our interests, habits, schedules and the like.

So you would say:

I am feeding the dog at five o'clock

to indicate that today you will be giving the dog its food at five o'clock.

I feed the dog at five o'clock

on the other hand means that you usually feed the dog at that hour.

Because in your sentence you speak about at the moment, it sounds more natural to say:

I am eating less chocolate at the moment because I am on a diet.

If you omitted at the moment, it would be fair to say:

I eat less chocolate because I am on diet

suggesting that this is now habitual behaviour and that the diet will last for some time.

edited May 18 '17 at 12:05

NVZ

20.8k1459110

answered Mar 10 '17 at 14:01

Ronald Sole

57037

We generally use the Present Continuous to talk about what we are doing at present or at a particular time, and the Simple Present to talk about our interests, habits, schedules and the like.

So you would say:

I am feeding the dog at five o'clock

to indicate that today you will be giving the dog its food at five o'clock.

I feed the dog at five o'clock

on the other hand means that you usually feed the dog at that hour.

Because in your sentence you speak about at the moment, it sounds more natural to say:

I am eating less chocolate at the moment because I am on a diet.

If you omitted at the moment, it would be fair to say:

I eat less chocolate because I am on diet

suggesting that this is now habitual behaviour and that the diet will last for some time.

edited May 18 '17 at 12:05

NVZ

20.8k1459110

answered Mar 10 '17 at 14:01

Ronald Sole

57037

edited May 18 '17 at 12:05

NVZ

20.8k1459110

edited May 18 '17 at 12:05

NVZ

20.8k1459110

edited May 18 '17 at 12:05

NVZ

20.8k1459110

answered Mar 10 '17 at 14:01

Ronald Sole

57037

answered Mar 10 '17 at 14:01

Ronald Sole

57037

answered Mar 10 '17 at 14:01

Ronald Sole

57037

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