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Hi,Can a present activity with a dynamic verb possible? Only present habit/routine? with a dynamic verb possible?

Hi,They're not really the same, and no one really includes the other.I think linking verbs and stative verbs are 2 separate categories, but they're also 2 similar groups.They're different according to their definitions:- A linking verb is a verb link the relationship between subject and subject...

Anonymous wrote:Stative verbs descibe a state or situation:I love chocolate (not I am loving chocolate). On the other hand dynamic verbs express an action:I eat chocolate.Dynamic verbs can be used in the continuous tenses whereas stative cannot. However, some verbs fall into both categories,...

Stative verbs descibe a state or situation:I love chocolate (not I am loving chocolate). On the other hand dynamic verbs express an action:I eat chocolate.Dynamic verbs can be used in the continuous tenses whereas stative cannot. However, some verbs fall into both categories, such as 'live' for...

The aktionsart or lexical aspect of a verb is a part of the way in which that verb is structured in relation to time. Any event, state, process, or action a verb expresses--collectively, any eventuality--may also be said to have the same aktionsart. Lexical aspect should be distinguished from...

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...

CalifJim wrote:after while only stative verbs like "sit" can be used in the past simple tense?Yes, that sounds like a reasonable generalization.Nevertheless, dynamic verbs might be used after "while", but they would then have to be interpretable in a non-event sort of way. This pattern occurs...

after while only stative verbs like "sit" can be used in the past simple tense? Yes, that sounds like a reasonable generalization. Nevertheless, dynamic verbs might be used after "while", but they would then have to be interpretable in a non-event sort of way. This pattern occurs with...

Hello AstraeaI too am a learner of English, but let me answer to your question.Are you asking if the sentences like below are correct? I write a letter now. I just finish my assignment.No, both are incorrect. Do you ask why? Are you asking why? It's because "write" and "finish" are...

Hi Paco! I really liked your enlightening comments! Now, I don't seem to understand some points and would like to ask you some questions, if you don't mind. My comments will be in blue. I agree with everything you wrote up to the last two sentences: You wrote: "So if you want to express a...