2) I think your daughter may suffer from an eating disorder called bulimia.
What's the differences between these two questions in grammar ?
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the first one is saying that she could be suffering from bulimia at the PRESENT moment
the second one is saying that the daughter may suffer from bulimia in the FUTURE.
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hm i am not too sure, but i think that when you say "may be suffering" it is imperfect so it is kind of implying that it is happening. and then with "may suffer" is present tense. i think that are the same things, but just differernt tenses.
They're basically the same thing.
The second one could--if you stretched--mean she might develop it in the future; however, if that were the case, to be correct it might be "...daughter is at risk for developing an eating disorder..."
Sentence one is in present progressive tense and sentence two is in simple present tense. Well, technically they're both in simple present tense because the subject is I and I thinks. The second clause, the object of the sentence, (what I is thinking) is where the present progressive and simple present tenses show up.
Your daughter may be suffering from... = the -ing signals present progressive tense
Your daughter may suffer from... = simple present or, if you stretch it, possibly future.
The meaning is not affected though I prefer sentence one, personally. Perhaps because sentence two is slightly less clear with the possibility of it being future tense.
The first one implies it is temporary or short term. That's the ONLY difference.
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