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Lisa
"Today my parents don't go to work" or "Today my parents aren't going to work" - which one is correct, please?
9 feb. 2022 09:49
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- it's Sunday , today my parents don't go to work. (usually happens )
-Today my parents aren't going to work because they will get my grandmother from the airport .
-Today my parents didn't go to work because of the storm .
9 februari 2022
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The first one isn’t grammatically correct and sound awkward, because the simple present (here, “don’t go”) means a repeated or habitual action, not a one-time occurrence.
So you can use in simple present in a sentence like “On Sundays, no parents don’t go to work.”
But if it’s just today you’re referring to, you want the second sentence.
9 februari 2022
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Hi Lisa. It depends how you want to use the sentence. Example 2 works fine as long as you're saying it before the time they'd usually start work.
My parents are having a lie-in this morning because they aren't going to work.
9 februari 2022
Hey Lisa, second sentence is correct.
9 februari 2022
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Lisa
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