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Re: In ''I go to school'' present tense is used to describe a routine activity.

Anonymous — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 13:57:29 GMT

Hi,

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

Re: linking verbs and stative verbs

Fleder_m@u_S — Sat, 07 Apr 2007 10:38:35 GMT

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 complement. (It's followed by a noun phrase, an adjective, or a prepositional phrase.)
- A stative verb is a verb that expresses a state rather than action ( Differ from dynamic verbs which refer to actions).

I believe they're similar since most of linking verbs are stative verbs.
Linking verbs can be either verbs of sense ( feel, look, smell, sound, taste, ect.) or existense ( be, become, appear, seem, remain, turn, ect.)
Stative verbs include verbs of sense and feeling ( look, hear, see, sound, taste, like, prefer, surprise, ect.), existence (eg. be, have), perception (eg. think, believe,...) and relation (resemble, include, belong to, contain, consist of, ect.) ..

If you're confused, there's a small test to make sure if a verb is a linking verb or a stative verb, that is if the verb can only be followed by one of these: a noun phrase, an adjective, or a prepositional phrase, and not the others, then it's not a linking verb.

Re: STATIVE VS DYNAMIC VERBS

Inchoateknowledge — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 22:22:24 GMT

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, such as 'live' for example:

I have been living in London (dynamic) vs. I have lived in London (stative)

"I am loving chocolate (more and more)" is fine.

Even stative verbs can be used dynamically, especially when we want to express change, development or temporariness.

Re: STATIVE VS DYNAMIC VERBS

Anonymous — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 21:52:00 GMT

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 example:

I have been living in London (dynamic) vs. I have lived in London (stative)

Modality and aktionsart

Anonymous — Fri, 06 Oct 2006 15:02:24 GMT

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 grammatical aspect: lexical aspect is a classification of different verbs. Grammatical aspect is a classification of different (conjugated) forms of a single verb.

Telic verbs express an action tending towards a goal envisaged as realized in a perfective tense, but as contingent in an imperfective tense; atelic verbs, on the other hand, are verbs which do not involve any goal nor endpoint in their semantic structure, but denote actions that are realized as soon as they begin. Atelic verbs don't.

Durative verbs express an action that takes place over a period of time. Non-durative verbs don't.

Dynamic verbs change internally over time non-dynamic verbs don't.

However, these can be put together in a grid:
Achievements eg "realise" are telic and non-durative;
Accomplishments eg "drown" are telic and durative;
Semelfactives eg "knock" are atelic and non-durative;
Activities eg "walk" are atelic, durative and dynamic*; and
States eg "be" are atelic and durative but non-dynamic.*

In your opinion, can the modal verbs be defined as "states" in this classification or are they something else?

* Correct me if I'm wrong and tell me how dynamicity fits in with the other three categories.

Could anyone also classify these verbs according to this scheme into Achievements, Accomplishments, Semelfactives and Activities, thanks.
http://www.geocities.com/endipatterson/Aktionsart.html
Agree, aim, appear, arrange, aspire, attempt, call, call in, choose, conspire, decide, drop by, drop in, fail, happen, know how, learn, long, manage, neglect, offer, plan, pretend, proceed, promise, put in, refuse, resolve, seem, strive, swear, tend, threaten, volunteer, vow, write, yearn

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Re: could - the use of modals

CalifJim — Fri, 01 Sep 2006 19:11:37 GMT

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 meaning.)

If you say I wish I could buy a new car, you are suggesting that you want to buy a car (in the future), but you are unable to do it. Maybe you don't have enough money to do it.

I think you may be confused because stative verbs like have don't work the same way with wish as the dynamic verbs (like buy) do.

I wish I had a car means I wish to have a car now, I regret not having a car now. In this case the past tense had indicates present time. The same effect of past tense serving as present doesn't work for verbs that indicate an event that occurs at a point in time.

CJ

Re: when/while/as

Teo — Fri, 10 Feb 2006 19:26:58 GMT

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 with activities:

While I washed the dishes, Mary cleaned the stove.
= While I was washing the dishes, Mary was cleaning the stove.
= While Mary cleaned the stove, I washed the dishes.
= While Mary was cleaning the stove, I was washing the dishes.

The activities proceeded in parallel. "to wash dishes" can be an event, but in these sentences, it is an activity, not an event.

CJ

1.The band was playing while I was waiting.

2.The band was playing while I waited.

3.She was reading while he was writing.

4.She was reading while he wrote.

The above sentences all seem acceptable.

Re: when/while/as

CalifJim — Tue, 27 Dec 2005 17:13:39 GMT

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 activities:

While I washed the dishes, Mary cleaned the stove.
= While I was washing the dishes, Mary was cleaning the stove.
= While Mary cleaned the stove, I washed the dishes.
= While Mary was cleaning the stove, I was washing the dishes.

The activities proceeded in parallel. "to wash dishes" can be an event, but in these sentences, it is an activity, not an event.

CJ

Re: Present Perfect vs. Present Simple, once again

paco2004 — Wed, 21 Dec 2005 19:57:45 GMT

Hello Astraea

I 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 dynamic verbs. You can say "I live now in Zagreb", because "live" is a stative verb. But in the case when the verb is dynamic, the simple present tense can be used only when you talk about some habitual activity. For example,
        I write a letter to my mother once a week.
        Every week I finish my assignment before Friday night.
If you want to say some one-time event using a dynamic verb, you have to say it in [1] the past tense, [2] the present perfect tense, [3] the present progressive tense, [4] or the future tense.
        [1] I wrote a letter to my mother yesterday.
        [2] I have written a letter to my mother now.
        [3] I am now writing a letter to my mother.
        [4] I will write a letter to my mother tomorrow.

paco

Re: Will be wanting?

Riglos — Fri, 18 Nov 2005 00:26:42 GMT

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 continuous state of enjoying something, you have to say "I am enjoying it"." OK, I see that "I am enjoying" is in the progressive for it ends in -ing and we are focusing on the action in progression. Now, I think we are kind of messing things up here, for we should be cautious when using the words "continuous state". I though that the so-called "stative verbs" were the ones which expressed a "continuous state". The progressive with dynamic verbs may express the continuity of an "action". But if the verb is "stative" it already implies "continuity", "uninterruption". What the progressive does in a way (with stative verbs) is to shorten that sense of coninuity, doesn't it? If not, it seems a bit contradictory to me.

"As for your example sentence "I enjoy going to the cinema on Sundays", this is not a statement telling a state. It is a statement in present tense to mean a habitual activity." I see what you mean. But if "enjoy" in my example sentence is not a state, then what is it? Since "verb" has been proverbially defined as "a content word that denotes an action or a state" then all verbs must necessarily fall into one of the two categories. I know my sentence implies a habitual activity, but does that exclude the possibility of "enjoy" being a state?

I'd be really glad if you can help me out with this. I'm a bit confused.

Thanks a lot!

Mara.