Grammar question..

[DaveReading]

'I treat' is simple present.

Or, depending on the context, the habitual present.

I used to have a custard cream habit.

 

[Julia9054]

Or, depending on the context, the habitual present.

I used to have a custard cream habit.

As in "every time I return from a bike ride, I treat myself to a custard cream"
Present continuous if you are narrating what you are doing right now. "I am day dreaming about eating a custard cream"

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

It is possible to create a sort of talkover present tense narrative such as ''I enter the kitchen and see the lid is off the biscuit tin. I treat myself to a custard cream....etc,etc'' and it's occasionally used as a literary or filmic device but it's not used in real life. Besides, I don't have any custard creams.

 

[MontyVeda]

I never saw their attraction either, but older people seemed to like dunking them.

The rich tea biscuit is for seasoned dunkers only. Digestives, Custard Creams and Hob-Nobs (etc.) are for the amateurs who struggle with the complex art of soak tolerance... to successfully dunk a rich tea, getting maximum soak and minimum fribble is best left to ninjas, kung-fu masters and starfighters.

 

[Julia9054]

The rich tea biscuit is for seasoned dunkers only. Digestives, Custard Creams and Hob-Nobs (etc.) are for the amateurs who struggle with the complex art of soak tolerance... to successfully dunk a rich tea, getting maximum soak and minimum fribble is best left to ninjas, kung-fu masters and starfighters.

The only time a rich tea style biscuit is palatable is when 2 are sandwiched together with jam or chocolate spread eg BN biscuits which you used to only be able to buy on the continent. They always remind me of long drives down France, French service stations and for ever attempting to get the crumbs out of the back of the car.

 

[Dave7]

It should be.....
I have just stuffed a custard cream in me gob!

 

[Andy_R]

. I never really liked rich tea biscuits. They seemed to be a real cheat of a biscuit.

But they're a nice alternative with Stilton, if you've run out of Digestives...

 

[Ian H]

It's better not to get too tense about the best way of treating yourself to a custard cream.

 

[marinyork]

It is possible to create a sort of talkover present tense narrative such as ''I enter the kitchen and see the lid is off the biscuit tin. I treat myself to a custard cream....etc,etc'' and it's occasionally used as a literary or filmic device but it's not used in real life. Besides, I don't have any custard creams.

It's absolutely used in real life all the time by the stream of consciousness variants of extroverts.

 

[Gravity Aided]

Neither. If in the act of actually eating a biscuit, then you would be treating yourself. "I am treating myself..."

You can't find Custard Cream's over 'ere for love nor money. And I've never got used to calling biscuits cookies.

Have you tried Aldis or Whole Foods?

 

[classic33]

It should be.....
I have just stuffed a custard cream in me gob!

You were saying!

 

[Dave7]

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You were saying!

You dont learn do you ?
That should be "you ARE saying"

 

[classic33]

You dont learn do you ?
That should be "you ARE saying"

Thawersayin

 

[Brains]

I will treat = future
I have treated = past

So does the biscuit in question still exist at the time the statement was made ?

 

[marzjennings]

Have you tried Aldis or Whole Foods?

Our local Whole Foods doesn't have any British food, whereas my local Randalls has a British food section on its ethnic food isle. They have McVities, but that's all for biscuits. Also Aero's, Baked Beans, Vinegar and bloody salad cream.