Hi,
why is the form “is wishing” used in this sentence:
Professor Marvin wishes you. Professor Marvin is wishing me what?
Thank you very much!
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Evidently the speaker thinks that the professor is making his wish at the moment.
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If those are the only words in that “sentence”, it makes no sense.
It is passage from some text or book. I found that when verbs of attitude - wish, hope, love, like, prefer, want… occur in progressive, it emphasizes temporariness or tentativeness. But in this case I don’t understand it
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Those are two uses, but not all of them, Hanka.
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ok, thank you