I would like to know some information on the use of stative verbs in past continuos. Is it possible to say this: When I was lying in bed, I heard a strange noise. When I was a student ,I lived in the centre. She is late for the second time this

Inchoateknowledge wrote: Yes. Progressive tenses with a stative verb suggest one of the followings to me: Giving a notion of temporariness to the state, or giving a notion of development to the state. How about politeness

Yes. Progressive tenses with a stative verb suggest one of the followings to me: Giving a notion of temporariness to the state, or giving a notion of development to the state.

Hey, Canadians, what's your take on this? The progressive, stative verbs, and change in Canadian English Growing use of progressive forms with stative verbs, bolded in (1), where previously only simple tenses (ST), underlined in (1), were

CalifJim wrote: And by the way, has anyone tried the angle that stative verbs might act differently from other verbs in if -clauses with regard to the speaker's tendency to keep them in the past instead of putting them in the past perfect (in

And by the way, has anyone tried the angle that stative verbs might act differently from other verbs in if -clauses with regard to the speaker's tendency to keep them in the past instead of putting them in the past perfect (in what seems to be a

Hi from Turkey(Turkland), I have a headache-----------I have got a headache. Is there any difference betwween two? Does "Have got" contain a "perfect tense" meaning? secondly,,,I am having a headache now-----I am having dinner now. I

Yes, there is a big difference - the difference between past and future. If you say I wish I bought a new car , you are suggesting that you haven't bought the car even though you had an opportunity to do so (in the past). (This is also said

Eladio, Sorry, I was too lazy to look up the word for answer , so I threw in a pronoun instead! Note that other stative verbs have similar "problems" going between the two languages. No quería and No quiso are another good example.

hanuman, Certain verbs, called stative verbs, show no action that anyone can see. These are generally not used in the progressive tenses. You can sit quietly doing nothing, making no moves at all, and yet perhaps you want something, or