Hi, You also skipped number 12. "To paint" is not a stative verb; it means something like "to make a picture, to cover a surface with paint," so it refers to an action.

Hi, I have in grammar book example of this : This soup tastes strange . (tastes in this sentence is stative verb , strange is adj ) the translate of this question : the soup strange because the strange describe the pronouns. but if i change the

I have posted this question on another forum, but I haven't exactly received a satisfactory answer, so here it is: "I am all that you have home." (If anyone here is a fan of The Decemberists, then they might recognize this line!)

No, because it is _not_ a similar pattern. "Find" in your example is a stative verb denoting a state rather than activity.

I can see that it's a 6-letter word only in the main page and while I'm posting this reply. (I need to get used to the new layout of the site! ) As a verb: - is it a stative verb? - is it something that animals can do? - is it something

Good. Thanks, Jim. But what about the other kinds of stative verbs, such as, say, 'have'. We have this formula in order to solve the problem. I think this sentence works, even without an auxiliary verb. Why do you think when it comes to stative

But this can work, can't it? I should know these facts in order to pass the exam. Yes. That works. Here the modal should implies that some action is advisable, and that action is knowing the facts. But knowing facts is not an action,

He always ____ his parents to support his expenses. A) depends on B) relies on C) carries out D) watches I'd say B) relies on. For some reason, to my ear, always depends seems redundant because depend is a stative verb. (Compare