People often see him (who is) playing basketball on the playground at the weekend People often see him (who) play basketball on the playground at the weekend So essentially both carry the same meaning. You could use it as a way to say no when invited to play a game or a match or something similar Want to play a game of chess Give me an hour to recharge my brain
If you say, i was just playing it means that you were just kidding around about whatever the topic of the conversation is What is the difference between playing with someone and playing someone What if someone is replaced with the speaker themselves Is the sentence in the quote cor. What's the difference between i have been playing tennis for five years And i have played tennis for five years
1) a group of boys is playing football Or 2) a group of boys are playing football My teacher told me the first sentence is correct since of boys can be ignored to make A group is playing fo. All i know about no is like this There are no movies playing on christmas day
=>there are not any movies playing on christmas day =>we won't be showing any movies on christmas. Which phrase is more grammatically correct 1) i have been playing cricket for last 2 years Or 2) i have played cricket for last 2 years. I like playing tennis on tuesdays
This question was inspired by a comment left on a similar question i asked here, where a user said Like to play is the question of gerund vs 1 i have been playing tennis for five years uses the present perfect progressive (also known as present perfect continuous) tense It means that i continuously played tennis for the past five years and continue to play tennis in the present. Also note that even if you do explicitly use with, the meaning could be ambiguous It can either mean playing alongside someone (john and mary played bridge with martha and james) or it could mean an item being the object of play (the children played with the toys)
In the case of we played with six balls, the meaning would be assumed from context— and the fact that balls aren't sentient and. Cook (2000) defined language play as playing with words and meanings, playing in language and creating fictional words, and playing with pragmatics, which entails enjoyment with language.
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