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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

grimy

I've come across the following passage on the Internet:

When your microwave is looking a little grimy, pour vinegar into a microwave-safe bowl and heat for two minutes. The liquid creates steam and makes messes easy to wipe away.

My question is whether it is grammatically correct to use the present progressive "is looking" (instead of the present simple "looks") in this particular context, especially when the subject is not a person but a thing (e.g., your microwave).

Thanks in advance.
  

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I don't see why not. It sounds fine to me.

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I don't see why not. It sounds fine to me.
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Blue Jay I don't see why not. It sounds fine to me.
Thanks.

So the subject being a non-human object, in and of itself, doesn't forbid the linking verb "look" to be used in the progressive form, right?
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AnonymousSo the subject being a non-human object, in and of itself, doesn't forbid the linking verb "look" to be used in the progressive form, right?
Right. The progressive focuses on the initial phase of the situation, as if to say 'starts to look' / 'is starting to look'.

When your clothes [begin to show / are beginning to show / are showing] si
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