phrase meaning - I'm working or I'm at work? - English Language ...
WEBIf the intended meaning is "I am at my place of employment", "I'm at work" would be preferred. It is quite common to say, "Don't call me at work", meaning, you can call me when I'm home but don't call me when I'm at my place of employment. Whether at any given instant you are actually working, versus taking a lunch break or goofing off, is not ...
gerunds - "I work" vs "I am working" / "I live" vs "I am living ...
WEBJun 25, 2018 — The present progressive tense implies that you have been doing the activity for some period of time, and in the examples given (work, life), could imply that you are doing something in contrast to either what you did just before (I am living in New York [these days]), or what you plan to do afterwards (I am studying literature [but I plan to ...
prepositions - "work for" / "work in" / "work at" - English …
WEBMay 19, 2016 — 1. @MaulikV - That should be for or at. As per the example in my answer I work for an accounting company. You can say more generally I work in IT. (IT is the field/profession in which you work, but "an IT company" refers to a specific entity, even though you haven't named it.) – nnnnnn. May 19, 2016 at 8:17.
"I work {on/with/in} a team"? - English Language Learners Stack …
WEBI work with a team means I contribute my knowledge as a member. means the person is helping a team in some way, but may or may not be a member of the team. For example, suppose my company sells widgets to hospitals, and the hospital has a team of installers who will be installing the new widgets in each room. If I am training those installers ...
I am working in company name or at company name? [duplicate]
WEBJun 2, 2015 — I work in the IT industry Note: "at" can also be used when the object is not a person, such as: "I work at Microsoft", "I work for Microsoft", "I work for John" anb "I work at John's company" instead of "I work at John" (Courtesy -dexgecko)
"To be back to/at work", which preposition is the correct one?
WEBIt is more common to hear someone say, "Get back to work." Or "I'm going back to work." However, in this construction, Murphy is correct, but I would use a comma after the clause: "Next week," You second sentence Would be correct like this: Next week, I'll be going back to work. Or you could say, "Next week, I'll be back on the job."
Working in / for / at? - English Language Learners Stack Exchange
WEBJun 11, 2017 — The tense of "am woking" is present progressive. When you say you have a job for/at A and go to work everyday there, you use simple present tense: I work for/at A. You use 'present progressive' when you emphasize the current status or when something is being done now (literally progressive) ex) I am eating lunch now.
“I work in” vs. “I work at” - English Language Learners Stack ...
WEBI work in a kindergarten. You're saying there's a room or building labeled "kindergarten" and that's where you work. If it's part of a school or greater institution, this is proper to say. I work at a kindergarten. You're saying there's a place called a kindergarten and you work there. This gives the impression it's a separate building, with it ...
What is the difference between "I am done" and "I am through"?
WEBI think, grammatical we can not say " I am done" but for native speakers, it will work. when we say "I am done", it means I am ready for another task, focus on this sentence is I. when we say" I have done" it is present perfect tense, and means I have finished the work, and our focus in this sentence is the action or task.
What is the exact meaning of being at work?
WEBApr 6, 2020 — What you see me doing is paid work. I may be on the road or appear to be chatting or playing a video game, but this is part of what I'm paid to do. "Being at Work". Normally, when people people say, "I'm at work," their exact meaning is that they are at their place of work. Even if they are on break they will say, "I'm at work."