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Antonio Posted 23 years ago
Linguistics Studies
Stative verbs
Hi! here I come with a new question: I´ve been always told that stative verbs cannot appear in a progressive tense, but now I quote what I found yesterday in one of my books:
Stative verbs: they do not admit the progressive aspect.
- Verbs of inert perception and cognition, e.g. think, believe, like, love, see, feel, forgive, hear, remember, smell and wish...
- Relational verbs, e.g., belong, cost, depend, need, owe, own, posses, resemble...
They may occasionally indicate an activity and be used in the progressive form.
So, my question is: When can they be used in the progressive form, as the explanation quote above does not solve this for me? Also, could you please give any examples?
Big thanks to all those who reply in advance.
Antonio
Stative verbs: they do not admit the progressive aspect.
- Verbs of inert perception and cognition, e.g. think, believe, like, love, see, feel, forgive, hear, remember, smell and wish...
- Relational verbs, e.g., belong, cost, depend, need, owe, own, posses, resemble...
They may occasionally indicate an activity and be used in the progressive form.
So, my question is: When can they be used in the progressive form, as the explanation quote above does not solve this for me? Also, could you please give any examples?
Big thanks to all those who reply in advance.
Antonio
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antonio... help me out here. admitedly, i am unfamiliar with the terms stative and relational, but more importantly, i don,t quite understand your question.
- antonio...
- help me out here.
- admitedly, i am unfamiliar with the terms stative and relational, but more importantly, i don,t quite understand your question.
- you were always told "stative verbs cannot appear in a progressive tense", and your definition of stative verbs says the exact same thing!
- did you find an example of a stative verb used in the progressive?
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antonio... help me out here. admitedly, i am unfamiliar with the terms stative and relational, but more importantly, i don,t quite understand your question. you were always told "stative verbs cannot appear in a progressive tense", and your definition of stative verbs says the exact same thing! did you find an example of a stative verb used in the progressive? did you find an example to the c
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For example:
"I think, I believe, I love you." Although they are used to talk about the present situation, about something that is happening now, they aren't be in the present continuous form. You wouldn't say I am thinking, I am believing, I am loving you. The same rule applies to the other verbs in the same category. Do you think you need more examples?
"I think, I believe, I love you." Although they are used to talk about the present situation, about something that is happening now, they aren't be in the present continuous form. You wouldn't say I am thinking, I am believing, I am loving you. The same rule applies to the other verbs in the same category. Do you think you need more examples?
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Hi Antonio,
Could you please post the title of the book in which you have read about the stative and dynamic verbs, I am going to write a course paper on this topic.
As far as I know native speakers of english use many stative verbs in prograssive aspect, but in this case the meaning of the verb changes totally, for example: I am seeing Bob - means I am dating with Bob. [:^)]
Could you please post the title of the book in which you have read about the stative and dynamic verbs, I am going to write a course paper on this topic.
As far as I know native speakers of english use many stative verbs in prograssive aspect, but in this case the meaning of the verb changes totally, for example: I am seeing Bob - means I am dating with Bob. [:^)]
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Now, that I have just read my post again I would like to say that in the past few days I have seen an ad that says " I am loving it ", in the present continuous tense. So, apart from saying " I love you" which would refer to someone's feelings towards another person, his or her other half in most cases, we might as well use the present continous form ot the verb to love. " I am loving it " would
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yes, people do say this sort of thing, to emphasize the immediacy of the action. "i am loving it" means you are presently in the act of enjoying something (e.g. food at mcdonald's). another example ... you may ask a person, "how is the new job?" to which he or she might reply, "i am loving it!" quite common to say this ... as for grammatically correct, who knows. please, someone, give me more
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ok... more info on "stative verbs ...
- Verbs of inert perception and cognition, e.g. think, believe, like, love, see, feel, forgive, hear, remember, smell and wish...
occasionally, people use these verbs in a future sense ...
example: i am seeing her later today. (for some of the other verbs, this may not work)
i have heard, "i am liking it" ... as someo
- Verbs of inert perception and cognition, e.g. think, believe, like, love, see, feel, forgive, hear, remember, smell and wish...
occasionally, people use these verbs in a future sense ...
example: i am seeing her later today. (for some of the other verbs, this may not work)
i have heard, "i am liking it" ... as someo
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Hey everyone!
It becomes very interesting, I also try to find more stative verbs that are used in progressive form. It seems like native speakers do not follow the rules and always use these verbs in progressive.
There are some verbs used in progressive which I noticed:
"I was knowing someting wasn't right" instead of "I knew something was wrong." The first, at least to me, imp
It becomes very interesting, I also try to find more stative verbs that are used in progressive form. It seems like native speakers do not follow the rules and always use these verbs in progressive.
There are some verbs used in progressive which I noticed:
"I was knowing someting wasn't right" instead of "I knew something was wrong." The first, at least to me, imp
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hi everybody, I study English language at university, but I am not a native speaker. I was given a theme "the verbs functioning both statively and dynamically and I am supposed to do a little diploma thesis on it! I am quite confused because I have already studied a lot of resources focused on this problem. And wherever I look at it it seems to me not eyplain properly. I still do not know i n wha
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They aren't in the present ; NOT they are not *** in the present , also are not is the most correct usage, not aren't.
You can say I am thinking.
I think some stative relational verbs cannot be used with "I am" and "I will" ; In these cases you would have to choose an substitute verb eg
PAST PRESENT
You can say I am thinking.
I think some stative relational verbs cannot be used with "I am" and "I will" ; In these cases you would have to choose an substitute verb eg
PAST PRESENT
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While anyone can say I am loving it , and it's meaning will be understood as "I love it" it is gramatically incorrect; Advertisers can (and I think often) use gramatically incorrect language. The main point is that laguage is used to communicate; Unless people are choosing to be pedantic, a sincere attempt to express something will be taken "as is" and process of communication can continue.
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