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hi, i want to know the rules of Stative verbs ? someone can help me please?

«Tom is being a rich student. vs Tom will have been being a rich student. vs Tom will be being a rich student.» As you should have read, the Present Continuous tense is used to express an on-going (active) process, that is happening at the moment of speech (the present). But being a...

I know that "be" is a state stative verb. Look at this one: - I'm being asked. If "be" is a state stative verb, we shouldn't put it in continuous tense. be is not always a stative verb or a linking verb. Here it is an auxiliary verb in a passive construction. Linking: He is...

It's always a stative verb (except when it's supporting passive voice or progressive aspect, I suppose)-- but sometimes stative verbs can appear in progressive aspect-- in the situations I indicated above.

So, when is "be" a stative verb when not? Thanks

Stative verbs needn't always avoid the progressive form, which is often used to express activity or continuity: He's being funny, I'm feeling sick, etc.

Thanks for the feedback! Tanit: «"Women were not ready to encounter those forms of difficulties they are actually facing now.» Ok. They were not ready to encounter the difficulties. They are facing them now. But are they ready now? Your sentence tell nothing about that. Right? It...

Hi, May I know why the author of the following sentence used "remembering" instead of "...if I remember (it) rightly..."?. (Isn't 'remember' a stative verb?) "The Gem and the Magnet, if I'm remembering rightly, started about 1905." You could certainly say 'remember'. However , the present...

May I know why the author of the following sentence used "remembering" instead of "...if I remember (it) rightly..."?. (Isn't 'remember' a stative verb?) "The Gem and the Magnet, if I'm remembering rightly, started about 1905."