Stative verbs used incorrectly?

You are confusing present participles (which end in -ing) with verb tenses.

None of your three examples has a form of to be before the -ing form, so none of them is a continuous tense.

... anything belonging to her. - No form of be before belonging. Not a continuous tense. OK.

This is belonging to her. -

Hi. Thank you. I think the sentences have the missing parts (elided parts?) which are noted in parentheses, and with the missing parts and the pertinent rest, I believe they are used in the continous tense.

He doesn't like anything (that is) belonging to her.

He is in favor of anyone (who is) wanting to better themselves.

He doesn't get ne

If you write anything belonging to her, you're using a participle, and that's correct.

If you write anything that is belonging to her, you're using the present continuous tense, and that's wrong.

If you write anything that belongs to her, you're using the present simple tense, and that's right.

Restoring what you call the "missing parts" can change a

Hi. Thank you again. Would you help me by answering this question also? I now think a present participle can modify any part of a sentence or the whole sentence. Before getting the your responses in this thread, I thought a present participle (phrase?) only modified a subject if it is considered essential (that is, used without a comma) like "He came home wearing his new jacket." For the previous

I now think a present participle can modify any part of a sentence or the whole sentence. Yes.

He came home wearing his new jacket. You may get different opinions on this, depending on who makes the analysis. To my ear this participle clause (often called a participial phrase, by the way) is adverbial. It answers

Hi. Please help. How could we resolve a situation where we could either interprete it as being an adverbial phrase or an adjective phrase, both in participle form? Is the phrase "having lunch" an adverbial phrase or an adjective phrase with the words "who is" elided in the example sentence below (I think it is correctly written but I am not sure, though)?
Thank you in advance.

eg,

AnonymousHe saw a man having lunch.

This is the use of "see" as a catenative verb. It may be better to think of 'having lunch' as the predicate of 'a man' rather than as a participial construction. Both "see" and "hear" can take a non-finite clause either in base form or in the -ing form.

He saw a man close the door.
He saw a man closing the doo

Hi. Please tell me if the underlined parts in the following example sentences I write a long time ago (I don't remember how long ago though - it seems like it is long ago) are adverbials.

He doesn't like anything belonging to her.
He is in favor of anyone wanting to better themselves.
He doesn't get near of anything containing molded stuff.