<Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article needs additional citations for verification . Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed . (October 2016) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> <P> The continuous and progressive aspects (abbreviated CONT and PROG) are grammatical aspects that express incomplete action ("to do") or state ("to be") in progress at a specific time: they are non-habitual, imperfective aspects . </P> <P> In the grammars of many languages the two terms are used interchangeably . This is also the case with English: a construction such as "He is washing" may be described either as present continuous or as present progressive . However, there are certain languages for which two different aspects are distinguished . In Chinese, for example, progressive aspect denotes a current action, as in "he is getting dressed", while continuous aspect denotes a current state, as in "he is wearing fine clothes". </P> <P> As with other grammatical categories, the precise semantics of the aspects vary from language to language, and from grammarian to grammarian . For example, some grammars of Turkish count the - iyor form as a present tense; some as a progressive tense; and some as both a continuous (nonhabitual imperfective) and a progressive (continuous non-stative) aspect . </P>

Is present continuous the same as present progressive