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SuwitCee Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

Stative verbs

Can I write or say this

1 "I am hating my life"
or should it be
2 "I hate my life"

" Hate" is a stative verb, am I correct?

So should the stative verb form should only be "hate" or "hated" but not "hating" correct?

I think number 1 is wrong but I am finding a lot of teenagers saying number 1.
  

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Hate can be a dynamic verb. It's true that it's very common to hear teenagers say I am hating my life right now. I am not sure if this is a new colloquial structure.

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  • Hate can be a dynamic verb.
  • It's true that it's very common to hear teenagers say I am hating my life right now.
  • I am not sure if this is a new colloquial structure.
  • Anyone else have any thoughts?
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Hate can be a dynamic verb.

It's true that it's very common to hear teenagers say I am hating my life right now. I am not sure if this is a new colloquial structure. Anyone else have any thoughts?
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Yes

using it like this " I am hating my life right now"
would make it a dynamic verb.

because at the moment, it's in a present continuous tense.
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Also, the Mac Donald's "I am loving it".
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Nearly all verbs normally used statively can be used in progressive forms if we wish to stress limited duration.or something more than a mere state.
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SuwitCeeSo should the stative verb form should only be "hate" or "hated" but not "hating", correct?
That's correct — unless you intend to indicate a temporary situation. You can do this with quite a few verbs, including even the verb to be.
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Thank you guys

if using stative verbs in a progressive form, would it be informal?
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SuwitCeeif using stative verbs in a progressive form, would it be informal?
Not necessarily. It depends upon how appropriate it is to context, to the uses as indicated above by 5jj and CJ.
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