[verb form] to envy
Hello,
Is it correct to use the verb to envy in the gerund form?
For instance:
A: Don't envy others, buddy.
B: I'm not envying her as much as I'm simply thinking if I should ever go to the same country she lives in.
(Not sure if that second sentence is correct.)
Thanks
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Perfect Stranger B: I'm not envying her as much as I'm simply thinking if I should ever go to the same country she lives in. That is not a gerund but a progressive (or continuous) tense. "envy" is a stative verb.
- Perfect Stranger B: I'm not envying her as much as I'm simply thinking if I should ever go to the same country she lives in.
- That is not a gerund but a progressive (or continuous) tense.
- "envy" is a stative verb.
- Stative verbs are mostly not used in the progressive tenses, but there are exceptions, and your sentence seems acceptable to me in respect of the use of "I'm not envying her".
- The sentence as a whole isn't right though.
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Perfect StrangerB: I'm not envying her as much as I'm simply thinking if I should ever go to the same country she lives in.
That is not a gerund but a progressive (or continuous) tense. "envy" is a stative verb. Stative verbs are mostly not used in the progressive tenses, but there are exceptions, and your sentence seems acceptable to me in respect of the u
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