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Roky0071 Posted 9 years ago
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Why "Verbs of bodily sensation(e.g. feel, hurt, ache)used in simple or progressive tenses
"Verbs that refer to physical feelings (e.g. feel, hurt, ache) can often be used in simple or progressive tenses without much difference in meaning.
- How do you feel? or How are you feeling?
- My head aches. or My head is aching."
Source:"Practical English Usage" by M. Swan, OUP, Third Edition page 455.
Please help me clarify this point. I am confused.
As we know that stative verbs do not use progressive tenses because they always describe state but why "ache", "feel" etc being stative verbs, they are used in progressive tense? Do these verbs, being stative, expresses the "state" through progressive tenses? Am I correct?
- How do you feel? or How are you feeling?
- My head aches. or My head is aching."
Source:"Practical English Usage" by M. Swan, OUP, Third Edition page 455.
Please help me clarify this point. I am confused.
As we know that stative verbs do not use progressive tenses because they always describe state but why "ache", "feel" etc being stative verbs, they are used in progressive tense? Do these verbs, being stative, expresses the "state" through progressive tenses? Am I correct?
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roky0071 stative verbs do not use progressive tenses because they always describe a state The passage you quote is showing you an exception to this "rule". See also Thank you CJ
- roky0071 stative verbs do not use progressive tenses because they always describe a state The passage you quote is showing you an exception to this "rule".
- See also Thank you CJ
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roky0071stative verbs do not use progressive tenses because they always describe a stateThe passage you quote is showing you an exception to this "rule".
See also Thank you
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