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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 allowed, is an oft-cited example of change in...

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 what seems to be a "third conditional")? That...

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 "third conditional")? That might be a trend. ...

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 know first one is a stative verb(in books) but...

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 I wish I had bought a new car with the same...

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. didn't want vs. refused (to) / wouldn't. CJ

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 believe something, or know something. Nobody can...

1 and 4 are correct. 2 and 3 are incorrect. Am I right? I would say so, yes. know is a stative verb, so ever since is going to mean during the entire time from when (I came to know him) until now. meet is not a stative verb, so ever since is going to mean from the time when (I met him)...

Hi, GG! I actually teach that kind of things to students. First, I try to make them understand how they cannot make some things change by sheer willpower: you love someone, you can't help it. You remember or forget things: you can't help it either. You see, youh hear, it means you're not blind...

You may want to see these threads elsewhere: Stative verbs in the progressive form http://tinyurl.com/mkra6 Stative verbs and progressive http://tinyurl.com/mdhje understand/understanding http://tinyurl.com/s56a4 You may also want to read the posting by Prof. Lawler in this thread...