There is a class of verbs in English known as "stative" verbs because they relate to a state of being rather than an action (as in a dynamic verb); believe, hate, love for example are stative verbs. These are never used in the continuous

Thanks for your help Nick, and also Star: I am heading this way. (active) >> present progressive - means going to a place in a particular direction. ("this way") I am headed this way. (passive) >> This is not passive

Oh my, I don't even know what to say now, LOL. I always go a little crazy when I hear the words "standard" and "non-standard". Forget about standard and non-standard English. Let's consider "English used in general

Semantically it seems to mean the same. But grammatically, the sentence has changed. Blanket was a noun in the first, and now it is a verb. This seems to be an equivalent phrasing, (with American English verb/subject agreement): Holding outgoing

My answer is similar to Yankee's. The present progressive ("is beginning") can refer to a future event  when used in conjunction with an adverb or adverbial phrase. Examples: It is beginning to rain. (no adverb/adverbial phrase) The

<< think it is right to say most stative verbs like "feel" can not be used in progressive>> No, this is a misconception. He isn't feeling well. Is the word "feeling" an adjective? No, is still a verb in present

. He is playing tennis. -- I think the word 'play' is active, thus allows for the use of progressive.- - YES He is feeling good/humble. -- Here, I think the word 'feel' is stative, where the word 'feel' could be used in an

Hello, I need help with checking whether these verb tenses are present perfect, present simple, present progressive, past simple. I put my answers in (brackets) 2. I wish I had more time to finish this exercise. (present simple) 3. When you

Hello Dawnstorm, In most of these sentences you could make a case for elided objects, that are taken care off by context (rather than considered irrelevant, as in "I am eating."): e.g. Yes, I saw X. X = anaphoric; referring to "Did

Do we acknowledge the use of present progressive where it means future? Yes, for verbs other than achievement verbs (and even for some achievement verbs in the right contexts, involving how plannable the event is, I'm guessing), the present