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English is spoken all over the world. We know that for a fact, but we also know for a fact that Water boils at 100°C. In school I was taught to use the simple present for what my teacher called a general truth.
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English is being spoken all over the world. My assumption is people never stop speaking it. We know when we’re asleep we don’t speak, however, since the earth revolves around the sun and people get up in other parts of the world they start speaking English. So it’s on-going fact and therefore we use the simple present continuous or progressive.
What do you say? Is there any or little signifcant difference in meaning between those two sentences?
More importantly which one of those two would you choose? I’d say the first one or perhaps even both.