become tired/tires

0What if you become tired of...02br
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00What if you tire of...02br
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00Yes, I'd say that they have the same meaning.0-

0If you are tired of the same food every night00 00=> that is to say the same old food makes you tired 02br
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00Tired/ exhuasted/ pleased/ intoxicatd and many other past particples are commonly used as adjectives. Some call these stative partciples which are passive in nature.02br
00What if you 00become00/00get00 / 00 t00ired

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01cite10Grammar Geek12cite11b10What if you tire of..10.12b12br
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10Yes, I'd say that they have the same meaning.12br
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10Hi GG,02br
00Just double checking...Are you serious about the correct use of "tire" in its bare form in this context? 

0Yes, I'm serious. 02br
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00No, it's not the same. It's the same as "I am tired OF" or more accurately, "I am becoming tired of..."02br
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00To tire, as in, to become bored with, no longer interetested in.02br
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00I am becoming tired of his constant whining. 02br
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00I tire of his constant whining.0-

0 My dictionary mentions that usage, so it must be acceptable (at least to someone, in theory). I'd never noticed or learned about it, anyway, but that's not surprising, since I still have a lot to learn.02br
01i00Sooner or later he'll tire of politics. 02i00- (Longman Dictionary)0-

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01cite10Kooyeen12cite10My dictionary mentions that usage, so it must be acceptable (at least to someone, in theory).12blockquote

10It's more than just theoretical. 05002br
00I am tired of politics. (current state) ["stative"]02br
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00I tire of politics quite easily. (= I [get /

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01cite10Grammar Geek12cite10Yes, I'm serious. 12br
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10No, it's not the same. It's the same as "I am tired OF" or more accurately, "I am becoming tired of..."12br
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10To tire, as in, to become bored with, no longer interetested in.12br
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10I am becoming tired of his con

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01cite10Goodman12cite10By the way, does this rule apply to all the stative form of the verbs? 12blockquote

10 No! See my examples above. You have applied the rule faithfully, but to verbs that don't allow that treatment. There really aren't that many verbs that follow this pattern. And even those that do may seem

0Thank you so much CJ,02br
00Your explanations are always well written. I got it!02img0-

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01cite10Goodman12cite10If this is true then what you just validated was " I tire" bare the same meaning as " I am tired". This sounds utterly odd to my ears.12img12blockquote

10Goodman, 01i00to be tired02i00 is a state whereas 0