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English Idiom "Hit with a fish" | Inversion (Would you make the following sentences emphatic?)
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Will or Present Cont #1 (permalink) Sat Jun 09, 2007 18:39 pm   Will or Present Cont
 

Which is correct. I am not waking up the baby, I am talking softly. Or
I will not wake up the baby I am talking softly.

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Will or Present Cont #2 (permalink) Sat Jun 09, 2007 19:08 pm   Will or Present Cont
 

Hi,

Your sentences:

I am not waking up the baby, I am talking softly. Or
I will not wake up the baby I am talking softly.


In the first sentence you are simply saying what you are doing and both tenses have the same idea of what is happening now.

The second sentence suggests that your action is not going to wake the baby (I think I won't would cover that) and the reason why you won't do this is because at the moment you are talking softly.

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