Content tagged with "gradual development"

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Past continuous for gradual development

Used without a time expression, the past continuous can express change and gradual development in the past:

It was getting darker and darker.
Our hopes were fading.

Present continuous for gradual development

The present continuous can express change and gradual development in the present:

I feel that things are getting better.
More and more people are giving up smoking.