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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...

Paco2004 wrote:My tries were as below but I too feel both forms may be OK.11. Don't bother to do the dishes. cease to dump 42 / cease dumping 435paco could you please tell me about the google check thingy? is it a software or something? how to check ' em like this? thank you so much

Dear Calif Jim, I think I haven´t understood it at all. Can you use the same sentence with dynamic verbs and it means the same or there is a change in the meaning? For example, what´s the difference between the following sentences you have written: -He always reads cheap paperback novels. ...

CalifJim wrote:PS. I'm late for work, so I'll see you on the Forums later. Thank you, Jim. By the way, what is your job? Now, to sum up, I understand that 1- "when-while//past continuous": "The accident happened when they were going to school." This can be interpreted in two ways: a) a...

My tries were as below but I too feel both forms may be OK.11. Don't bother to do the dishes. cease to dump 42 / cease dumping 435paco

The difference between stative and dynamic (called ‘active’ in this thread) verbs does not lie in transitivity (there are transitive stative and dynamic verbs), but in the type of relation in which the verbs stand with respect to the construction/s that follow them. In sentences such as the...

what's the difference between stative and dynamic verbs? thx for your help:)