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Cup cake Posted 10 years ago
Grammar
Non continuous - COST with -ing
Hi Everyone,
I know you can't use non-continuous verbs with any of the continuous tense aspects. However, I don't see anything wrong with the following sentence:
'This is costing me too much money.'
I'm confused with this one?
Many thanks
CC
I know you can't use non-continuous verbs with any of the continuous tense aspects. However, I don't see anything wrong with the following sentence:
'This is costing me too much money.'
I'm confused with this one?
Many thanks
CC
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Cup cake I know you can't use non-continuous verbs with any of the continuous tense aspects. There are almost no verbs that cannot take the continuous aspect. , they do not denote an action that can have a clearly limited duration.
- Cup cake I know you can't use non-continuous verbs with any of the continuous tense aspects.
- There are almost no verbs that cannot take the continuous aspect.
- , they do not denote an action that can have a clearly limited duration.
- The person who uttered your sentence is, by their use of the continuous aspect, pointing up the limited duration of his financial problems.
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Cup cakeI know you can't use non-continuous verbs with any of the continuous tense aspects.There are almost no verbs that cannot take the continuous aspect. Verbs sometimes labelled 'stative' are in fact verbs which are normally used in a stative sense - i.e., they do not denote an action that can have a clearly limited duration. The person who utter
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Cup cakeI know you can't use non-continuous verbs with any of the continuous tense aspects.Add "in the relevant reading" to this statement of principle, by which we mean when they are completely stative in meaning. The principle as you have stated it above is mostly for beginners, to prevent them from saying totally unidiomatic things like "This cup is conta
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Thanks fivejedjon. This is a nice and clear explanation.
Makes perfect sense too.
Makes perfect sense too.
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Thanks CJ.
Love your examples. I'll use them if that's OK with you.
Love your examples. I'll use them if that's OK with you.
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