that is happening now vs that happening now

The phrase 'that is happening now' is correct, while 'that happening now' is incorrect. In English, we use the present continuous tense (is happening) to describe actions that are currently taking place.

Last updated: March 26, 2024

that is happening now

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English to describe actions that are currently taking place.

This phrase is used to emphasize that something is occurring at the present moment.

Examples:

I can't talk right now, that is happening now.
Look out the window, that is happening now.
The meeting that is happening now is crucial.
I need to focus on what is happening now.
Can you see what is happening now?

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It is better for money to be spent in the individual countries when they see their economies slump and collapse in the way that is happening now.
The evidence of the court is that that is happening now and it points to steps which can be taken now to alleviate the problem.
Everything that happens now is happening now.
I believe that what is happening now is of crucial importance.
This is about a family crisis that is happening right now.
To get through the most amazing surgery That is happening right now in o.R. 2.
And this is the moment that is happening right now in the Arab world.
Perhaps that is why it is happening now.
Is that what you think is happening now?
Is that what you think is happening now?
I do not think that that is what is happening now.
That is happening right now in o.R. 2.
I think Mr Borg said that the procedure, or the monitoring of the entry and exit procedures for fishery products, was going to be done by the Commission, and that is happening right now.
Everything that is happening to me now is something that I've always dreamt of.
All that's happening now is our faith is being tested.
That is why what is happening now is so unfortunate and that is why I have vigorously condemned it in this Parliament.
The second issue - and that is what is happening now - is that they are trying to escape regulation both from the regulatory authorities and from the cartel authorities.
Is that what's happening now?
For sadly there is a bitter lesson we have had to learn: one cause of all that has already happened in the Balkans and that is also happening now lies in the absence of a really effective EU common foreign and security policy.
That is what is happening right now, and I believe there is a danger of our underestimating it.

Alternatives:

that is currently happening
that is taking place now
that is occurring now
that is going on now
that is unfolding now

that happening now

This phrase is incorrect in English. The present continuous tense 'is happening' should be used to convey actions that are currently in progress.

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Exactly. Everything that's happening now has happened before, but...
All that's happening now is our faith is being tested.
We're nowhere near anything like that happening right now.
He was a design scientist, if you like, a poet, but he foresaw all the things that are happening now.
It is better for money to be spent in the individual countries when they see their economies slump and collapse in the way that is happening now.
And that's what happening now.
I believe that what is happening now is of crucial importance.
The evidence of the court is that that is happening now and it points to steps which can be taken now to alleviate the problem.
Just the stuff that's happening now, in parallel with us. That's as far as we go.
I think that everything that's happening now can be traced back to that nightmare you had as a little girl.
Just the stuff that's happening now, in parallel with us, that's as far as we go.
One problem that's happening now is, although the rates of happiness are about as flat as the surface of the moon, depression and anxiety are rising.
Everything that happens now is happening now.
That's sort of happening now.
That's what's happening now between us.
Events that have happened are happening now.
Is that what's happening now?
And guess what? That's happening now, finally, partly because of people like you who have raised these issues now for year after year and decade after decade.
What if, at the opera house, weeks ago, he was referring to events that are happening now?
Do you think we could get back to the wedding that's happening now?

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that is happening now vs that happening now