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Yuliya
What difference between "the door is painted" and "the door is being painted"?
"the door is painted" - is it completed action?
"the door is being painted"? - is it now...at the moment of speaking?
4 de mar de 2018 12:13
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The door is painted = there is paint on it. This paint could be 1 week old, 3 months old, 20 years old.
(Synonym: the door has been painted)
The door is being painted = I/you/she/he/John paints the door now... is painting it (now at the moment of speaking, yes)
4 de março de 2018
1
"The door is being painted" means that the action is happening now.
"The door is painted" is possibly incomplete and so more than one meaning is possible:
The door is painted every year- using present simple to show a habit
The door is painted blue- means that the door is blue and is blue because it has been painted that colour.
4 de março de 2018
1
Yes, you are correct about both.
In the first sentence, painted functions as an adjective. When combined with the present simple, it becomes a fact that the door is painted.
In the second, you can see the present continuous structure, which means it is ongoing in the present.
4 de março de 2018
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Yuliya
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Inglês, Alemão, Russo
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Inglês
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