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Sesquipedalian101 Posted 19 years ago
Grammar
Remembering
May I know why the author of the following sentence used "remembering" instead of "...if I remember (it) rightly..."?. (Isn't 'remember' a stative verb?)
"The Gem and the Magnet, if I'm remembering rightly, started about 1905."
"The Gem and the Magnet, if I'm remembering rightly, started about 1905."
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" ?. " You could certainly say 'remember'. However , the present continuous also seems OK here.
- " ?.
- " You could certainly say 'remember'.
- However , the present continuous also seems OK here.
- It suggests that I am trying to remember correctly right now, and implies to some extent that I mght remember it differently at some point in the future (or even in the past).
- Best wishes, Clive
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Hi,
May I know why the author of the following sentence used "remembering" instead of "...if I remember (it) rightly..."?. (Isn't 'remember' a stative verb?)
"The Gem and the Magnet, if I'm remembering rightly, started about 1905."
You could certainly say 'remember'. However , the prese
May I know why the author of the following sentence used "remembering" instead of "...if I remember (it) rightly..."?. (Isn't 'remember' a stative verb?)
"The Gem and the Magnet, if I'm remembering rightly, started about 1905."
You could certainly say 'remember'. However , the prese
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