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 papabear papabear February 16, 2011 February 16, 2011 at 10:07:55 PM UTC link Permalink

English quirk: We sometimes use the present progressive when we mean simple future.

Snout Snout February 16, 2011 February 16, 2011 at 11:30:12 PM UTC link Permalink

So here :
"I'm basing my story on my childhood" <=> "I'm going to base my story on my childhood"
is that right ?
But then, it can also be understood as : "I'm currently basing my story on my childhood" depending on the context, right ?

I think I've heard this kind of sentences in movies and such, but in negative form, like "I'm not eating there ever again !".

Nice sentence !

papabear papabear February 16, 2011 February 16, 2011 at 11:33:23 PM UTC link Permalink

That's right. It can be used in both positive and negative form.

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I'm basing my story on my childhood.

added by papabear, February 16, 2011
➜ #1021251Çocukluğumla ilgili hikayeme dayandırıyorum.

linked by duran, August 4, 2011
➜ #2928456Sto basando la mia storia sulla mia infanzia.

linked by Guybrush88, December 13, 2013
➜ #2928458Io sto basando la mia storia sulla mia infanzia.

linked by Guybrush88, December 13, 2013
➜ #9869496Bniɣ taḥkayt-iw ɣef tgerda-inu.

linked by Aghsi_n_Unezruf, March 25, 2021