Temporary 1 (The act)

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5.2.3. Temporary 1 (The act)
At first, see the following examples. These are the present tense as the examples in the previous section, (9) and (10).

(11)
a. My husband complains about the food.
b. He says bad things about others.

The above means habitual. When the progressive form is used, they are as follows.

(12)
a. My husband is complaining about the food.
b. He is saying bad things about others.

In the above, the habitual meanings are not seen, merely the acts are expressed. the speaker's paying attention to the act results in it. And it also means the temporary act.

It is natural that repeated act as the present tense changes into the temporal act as the progressive form.

See the following examples. These are the same.

(13)
a. She goes to work on her bicycle.
b. She is going to work on her bicycle.

In the above, do you feel difference?
(13a) means habitual, that is, she uses bicycle every day. But (13b) means temporal, that is, it is thought a breakdown of her car or a strike of a bus etc.
The progressive form paying attention to the act itself results in it.

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