. They are, but they are totally useless for any purpose other than a grammar exercise. (#1 needs a little work: John likes pizza. Pizza is liked by John .) Many stative verbs occur seldom or not at all in passive voice.

HI again, Thanks Clive for your reply.But I am not convinced with your answer.I read this link posted on this site itself - http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/410/grammar/stat.htm . I can't open your link, although I can imagine what it

Thanks Clive for your reply.But I am not convinced with your answer.I read this link posted on this site itself - http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/410/grammar/stat.htm . Here its mentioned we can not use "see" and "sad"

Hi, I think the following 2 sentences are incorrect - No, they are fine. Not all -ing words involve a progressive verb tense. 1) It is saddening to see that people die of hunger even after 60 years of independence. 'Saddening' here is used

Hi, I think the following 2 sentences are incorrect - 1) It is saddening to see that people die of hunger even after 60 years of independence. 2) It is high time the common man is disabused of his illusive hope of seeing India as a developed

. Do you agree that the 2nd and 4th sentences are incorrect? If so, why are they incorrect? What is the difference in meaning between 1st-2nd and 3rd-4th? Please explain. I did not say they were incorrect; I said that the usual form is the simple

I hope I didn't scare you. I'm sure you can answer it OK. Let's just resolve it here since it's started. So, can we say, "My brother is walking on the yard" (2 dimensions) "The kids are happily running on

You should differtiate between: 1) "Were scattered" as a stative verb ("When I came, strange orange balls were scattered all over the floor.") 2) "Were scattered" as a verb in the passive voice ("The oranges

In exercise 7 the answer is :beautiful because stayed it is stative verb, am I right ?

Am I right ot say that we also call verbs: auxiliary verbs modal verbs regular verbs irregular verbs reflexive verbs phrasal verbs full verbs stative verbs Thank you Martine