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MUSCOVITE Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary

Dogs are barking but the caravan...

Hi,

I have seen differents versions of this saying in the Internet.

Some put "to bark" in the progressive, others use the simple present tense.
Some say " the caravan goes on", but the other give "the caravan moves on" or even "...passes on".

What is the "classic" (or rather most common) version?

mus-te
  

Top answer

T he dogs bark , but caravan goes on . That's it as an adage. With regard to its use in the Present Continuous, look at: "Son - you win some, you lose some.

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