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Piplot Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
Hi, Today i knew about estate verbs?
What are the state verbs? I know that U cant use -ing with those verbs. Can explain me about it. Thanks in advance.
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When a verb describes a state and not an action we do not use the continuous tense. For example, 'play' is an action so we can say 'playing' whereas 'be' is a fixed state which does not change: 'To be, or not to be'. Grammatically it is not correct to say "Im loving it" even though McDonald's have made this expression famous.
- When a verb describes a state and not an action we do not use the continuous tense.
- For example, 'play' is an action so we can say 'playing' whereas 'be' is a fixed state which does not change: 'To be, or not to be'.
- Grammatically it is not correct to say "Im loving it" even though McDonald's have made this expression famous.
- 'Love' is a state verb and so we should say "I love it".
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When a verb describes a state and not an action we do not use the continuous tense.
For example, 'play' is an action so we can say 'playing' whereas 'be' is a fixed state which does not change: 'To be, or not to be'.
Grammatically it is not correct to say "Im loving it" even though McDonald's have made this expression famous.
'Love' is a state verb and so we should say "I love it"
For example, 'play' is an action so we can say 'playing' whereas 'be' is a fixed state which does not change: 'To be, or not to be'.
Grammatically it is not correct to say "Im loving it" even though McDonald's have made this expression famous.
'Love' is a state verb and so we should say "I love it"
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You can't make the present continuous with a state verb, but you can use state verbs in their -ing form when they are nouns. For example:
Having a brother is great! ?(Having is a noun)
Iam having have a brother. (am having is a verb
Having a brother is great! ?(Having is a noun)
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RI2dGrammatically it is not correct to say "Im loving it"This is simply not true. The following are perfectly natural sentences:
I have been here for two days, I am loving every moment of it.
I have been wanting to come here fore years.
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But, These references are given online. Then how to know the correct one with definition?
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Most grammarians do not consider 'having' a noun. Like all transitive verbs, it has a direct object ('brother'), We generally call the -ing form that has some of the properties of both a noun and a verb a gerund.
We generally call the 'ing form that has some of the properties of both an adjective and a verb a present participle. This is the form
We generally call the 'ing form that has some of the properties of both an adjective and a verb a present participle. This is the form
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