simple present
Tense for facts
The simple present is a verb tense expressing habitual actions, general truths, or states rather than ongoing or completed events: Water freezes at zero degrees, She works downtown, I don't like olives.
It's called "simple" because it uses the base verb form without auxiliaries for progressive or perfect aspect.
Despite the name, it often refers to past, present, and future: The train leaves at noon tomorrow.
- nowThe present moment
- dailyPer diem, repeated
- currentDirected flow of charge
- verbAction-expressing word
- third person singularSubject neither speaker nor listener
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Verb form showing ongoing action
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