Can two simple present come in a sentence?

Answer 1

First, let's assume the question is about English grammar, because the answer is not the same for many other languages.

For English, the simple answer is yes. The complicated answer is no. The reason is that we can have a chain of simple present tenses in a sentence like: "After work, I always shower, change into comfortable clothes, and pour myself a stiff martini." There are three simple present tenses here: 'shower,' 'change,' and 'pour.'

However, from a structural linguistics perspective, this chain of verbs is usually analysed as three different underlying sentences: 'After work, I always shower. I always change into comfortable clothes. I always pour myself a stiff martini.' Language would be quite repetitive and boring to listen to if we spoke this way, however, so English (and most other languages) has a rule which deletes the repeated parts (in this case: I always) and use a coordinating conjunction (in this case: and) to show we have deleted stuff. So it comes out like this: 'I always shower [I always < DELETE] change in to comfortable clothes [I always < DELETE and INSERT 'and'] pour myself a stiff martini.'

Another wrinkle: we have a number of expressions in English in which two verbs occur in a sentence without a conjunction such as 'and'; e.g. 'Come see!' or 'I always hear him arrive.' Don't be fooled. The only true simple present form in these examples is the verb 'hear.' The other verbs come, see, and arrive are not simple present forms, but imperatives and base forms. I won't get into the grammar involved because it's messy.

Answer 2

Yes, two simple present verbs can come in a sentence when describing actions or routines that happen regularly. For example: "She drinks coffee and reads the newspaper every morning."