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MaverickK Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

hears/is hearing music

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001. She hears the music.02br
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002. She is hearing the music.02br
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003. She is hearing voices.02br
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00I was told that the first sentence is correct but the second one is incorrect. Can anyone please tell me what is the difference in the usage (apart from one sentence being in simple present,other being in present continous)? Why is the second sentence incorrect (if it is incorrect) ?What is the difference in the third sentence then?02br
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02i 02br 02br 00These are verbs of simple, unwilled perception. 0-

— Mister Micawber

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1i00Hear02i00 is one of those verbs of sensation which do not normally appear in progressive aspect:02br
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01i00I smell something burning.02br
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00These are verbs of simple, unwilled perception. Compare 01i00She 
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0Thanks for your reply. I have one more question.02br
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001. She looks tired.02br
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002. She is lookin tired.02br
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003. Harry misses Sally.02br
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004. Harry is missing Sally.02br
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00"look" and "miss" are not words of sensation. Then why is the 1st and 3rd sentence correct, while t
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00Verbs of sensation are only a subgroup of verbs that usually avoid the progressive. 0-
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0Do you agree that the 2nd and 4th sentences are incorrect? If so, why are they incorrect?02br
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00What is the difference in meaning between 1st-2nd and 3rd-4th? Please explain.02br
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11b10I think you don't understand what Mister Micawber said. 12b12br
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11b10The first and third sentences are correct.12b12br
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0I understood what Mister Micawber said. But I had additional queries. If it is not correct to say - 02br
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00"He is looking sad" , then look at the following sentences - 02br
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002. He looks at the flowers.02br
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003. He misses Sally.02br
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00Do you agree that the 2nd and 4th sentences are incorrect? If so, why are they incorrect? 12br
10What is the difference in meaning between 1st-2nd and 3rd-4th? Please explain.12br
10I did not say they were incorrect; I said that the usual form is the simple aspect. This applies to a number of [url=15010]STATIVE VERBS[/url], inc
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0I might sometimes use "He's looking sad." It might not be correct but it is definitely in common usage. "You're looking good" is especially common. Here, the progressive shows a change from a previous state that the present tense can't show.0-
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