http://www.englishforums.com/English/EslGeneralEnglishGrammar-Questions/Forum12.htmAsk your questions on grammar and get your sentence checked. We answer lots of different types of general English grammar questions here. <font color=red>DO NOT post paragraphs and compositions here. Post them in our <a href="http://www.englishforums.com/English/EssayReportCompositionWriting/Forum9.htm"><b>Essay, Report and Composition Writing Forum</b></a>.</font>enXMOD (Build: 3607.32596)http://www.englishforums.com/English/DoDifferentMeanings/gpbvj/post.htm#575253Wed, 22 Apr 2009 12:58:51 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:575253Grammar Geek0http://www.englishforums.com/English/DoDifferentMeanings/gpbvj/post.htm#575253http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-575253.xmlWith the second one, something changed - whether it was gradual or not (as &quot;grew&quot; implies to me) I don&#39;t know. You can say that 3 is stative. It simply describes him.http://www.englishforums.com/English/DoDifferentMeanings/gpbvj/post.htm#575194Sun, 22 Feb 2009 13:58:51 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:575194alexclx1http://www.englishforums.com/English/DoDifferentMeanings/gpbvj/post.htm#575194http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-575194.xmlThank you for your help. In the first one, it seems a gradual process. He wasn&#39;t initially impatient, but got more and more so. As each minute passed, he grew increasingly impatient. In the second one, something happened to make him impatient. 1 and 2 are very similar. In the third one, it simply describes the man. Maybe he&#39;s impatient all the time. May I understand them in this way: 1 and 2 imply a dynamic process and 3 a stative one? Thanks again.http://www.englishforums.com/English/DoDifferentMeanings/gpbvj/post.htm#575190Wed, 22 Apr 2009 12:58:51 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:575190Grammar Geek2http://www.englishforums.com/English/DoDifferentMeanings/gpbvj/post.htm#575190http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-575190.xmlHello alex, and welcome to English Forums. In the first one, it seems a gradual process. He wasn&#39;t initially impatient, but got more and more so. As each minute passed, he grew increasingly impatient. In the second one, something happened to make him impatient. 1 and 2 are very similar. In the third one, it simply describes the man. Maybe he&#39;s impatient all the time.http://www.englishforums.com/English/DoDifferentMeanings/gpbvj/post.htmThu, 22 Jan 2009 13:58:51 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:575187alexclx3http://www.englishforums.com/English/DoDifferentMeanings/gpbvj/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-575187.xmlHi, I am wondering about the meaning of the following three sentences: 1. The tall man grew impatient. 2.The tall man became impatient. 3.The tall man was impatient. Do they have the same meaning? Please help. Thanks a lot.