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Catull Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

Catenative verbs - tenses?

Which tenses could you use "catenative verbs" with?

For example:

"I enjoy watching TV"


Could you use alle active tense forms?

like:

"I enjoy watching TV"

"I am enjoying watching TV"

"I have enjoyed watching TV"

"I enjoyed watching TV"

"I was enjoying watching TV"

"I had enjoyed watching TV"

"I have been enjoying watching TV"

"I had been enjoying watching TV"


Thank you!

  

Top answer

Catenative verbs can generally be in any tense or aspect. So all your examples are fine.

  • Catenative verbs can generally be in any tense or aspect.
  • So all your examples are fine.
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Catenative verbs can generally be in any tense or aspect.

So all your examples are fine.

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