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Yeba Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

Same Subject for stative verbs and dynamic verbs

Is it possible for state verbs and dynamic verbs to have the same subject?

For example:

I love books and read a lot

I travel a lot around the world and enjoy flying
  

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Hello, yeba—and welcome to English Forums. yeba Is it possible for state verbs and dynamic verbs to have the same subject? Yes, those are fine.

— Mister Micawber

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  • yeba Is it possible for state verbs and dynamic verbs to have the same subject?
  • Yes, those are fine.
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Hello, yeba—and welcome to English Forums.
yebaIs it possible for state verbs and dynamic verbs to have the same subject?
Yes, those are fine.
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Thank you for your quick rely.

Is it always the case that a stative/state verb and a dynamic verb can have the same subject without violating parallel construction?

That is, how do a state verb and a dynamic verb in the same sentence and with the same subject make for parallel construction?
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yebaIs it always the case that a stative/state verb and a dynamic verb can have the same subject without violating parallel construction?
Never say 'always' for English grammar.
yebaThat is, how do a state verb and a dynamic verb in the same sentence and with the same subject make for parallel construction?
'Parallel constru
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But "wake", 'waking", and "woke" in your example are all DYNAMIC/ACTION verbs.

How does this make sense: I am waking up now and believing you now? wake is a dynamic verb, believe is a stative verb.
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yebaBut "wake", 'waking", and "woke" in your example are all DYNAMIC/ACTION verbs.
I am not demonstrating dynamic vs stative; I am demonstrating different tenses together. Do they need to be the same tense in order to be 'parallel'? No. Well, neither do verbs need to be all dynamic or all stative in order to be set in 'parallel'. Parallelism is not a univer
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I do appreciate your reply. However, my focus was not on different tenses as I already have a great handle on different tenses. My focus rather is on how reasonable it is for a stative verb and a dynamic verb to have the same subject without violating parallel construction.
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Yeba, your own examples speak for themselves: obviously, yes Emotion: smile
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