読みます or 読んで form to express habit


In my textbook it says you can use the 読みます form to talk about habitual
actions, such as

私はよく本を読みます

But I read on the internet
([source](http://japanese.about.com/od/grammarlessons/a/031101c.htm)) that the
correct form for this is 読んで and the sentence should be

私はよく本を読んで

Is my textbook wrong?




I think you're just missing what the source is referring to.

The part where it says

> It is also used to describe a habitual action and a condition.

Is referring to this:

> (2) The present progressive: the ~ te form iru or imasu (formal)

So it's not referring to the て form but the ている/ています construction.

So for example, 私はひまなとき本を読んでいます。

Note also that this doesn't mean that ている is used _exclusively_ to describe a
habit. Just that it can be.




I think you're just missing what the source is referring to.

The part where it says

> It is also used to describe a habitual action and a condition.

Is referring to this:

> (2) The present progressive: the ~ te form iru or imasu (formal)

So it's not referring to the て form but the ている/ています construction.

So for example, 私はひまなとき本を読んでいます。

Note also that this doesn't mean that ている is used _exclusively_ to describe a
habit. Just that it can be.

