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The simple present tense is used to describe habitual actions, universal truths, and permanent situations. Its conjugation in the third person singular requires attention to specific spelling rules. Regarding its use and frequency markers, mark the CORRECT alternative.

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E) Adverbs of frequency such as "always", "usually", and "never" are generally placed after the verb "to be" but before the main forms of other verbs in a sentence.

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A) The simple present is primarily used to describe an action that is happening exactly at the moment of speaking, replacing the present continuous in narrative texts and sports commentaries.

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B) In negative sentences, the auxiliary "do/does" is omitted if the main verb is a regular verb like "work" or "live", to avoid redundant morphological marking in the phrase.

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C) The adverb "seldom" has a positive meaning and is frequently used at the beginning of questions to replace "how often" in the informal register of American English.

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D) The suffix "-es" is added to the third person singular of verbs ending in "-y" preceded by a vowel, such as in "he plays" which becomes "he plaies" in formal academic writing.

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