http://www.englishforums.com/search/pro.htm?q=tag%3aStative+VerbsSearch results for 'tag:Stative Verbs' matching tag 'Stative Verbs'en-USXMOD (Build: 3616.28671)http://www.englishforums.com/English/HasIsHavingABreakNow/hcnnh/post.htm#598570Sat, 29 Nov 2008 10:22:14 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:598570tanitIt's 10 am. He is in his office. He __a break now. To me, both (has and is having) sound OK. But can anyone explain this in more details? Thanks. Hi, I would use only "is having". Present simple is generally associated with repeated actions, so it would be appropriate in a sentence like " At 10am he is in his office and has a break. " In your sentence, you're not talking about his habits/a routine, but about something that is happening right now, and " now " calls for present progressive. I wonder if your concern has to do with the so-called rule according to which stative verbs shouldn't be used in the progressive form. That rule oversimplifies English grammar. Just my (a learner's) two...http://www.englishforums.com/English/IHaveHopedThat/bdpdp/post.htm#590162Fri, 21 Nov 2008 04:42:55 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:590162califjimunjustly buried for a long time That's a matter of opinion! " I have thought it is ..but it has just proved otherwise" Right. It seems that with many mental stative verbs the present perfect is not used as expected. what would I say now, after a year of waiting, given that I've never lost hope of getting the answer in the meantime I thought you would respond. I thought you would have responded (by now). The present perfect typically goes with always , and not with the would have construction. I've always thought you would respond. The same patterns are used for the verbs believe , hope, fear, be afraid. CJhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/IveBeenKnowingHimForYears/6/cdvhq/Post.htm#575548Sat, 11 Oct 2008 20:42:30 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:575548anonymous2nona the brit: It may not be "standard English". It may be smart one. We do not discuss the obedience to the rule. It's duteous and overwhelming. We discuss the reasons for the rule to exist. By the way, this rule which prevents the stative verbs from being used in Perfect Continuous is not the only and perhaps not the last attack on this tense which is wanted to be eradicated from the language by many.http://www.englishforums.com/English/UntilNowPresentPerfect/gprcr/post.htm#575119Fri, 10 Oct 2008 10:49:56 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:575119richard_sThis is pretty much correct. The second sentence is definitely fine. Actually, the 'until now' is redundant in the first sentence.  Also, it might be more natural to use the perfect continuous in this sentence.  Perfect continuous is used to show that an action continues until now, except with stative verbs and reporting verbs (such as 'consider' which was used in the original sentence).  The present perfect usually has this meaning when it is combined with a time reference given by 'since' or 'for', but otherwise indicates a relationship between a past event and a present event. (I hope that's not too confusing!)http://www.englishforums.com/English/StativeVerb/gprhp/post.htm#574978Fri, 10 Oct 2008 00:35:04 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:574978goodman<< 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 progressive form. i .e. how are you felling with you flu? I am still not feeling too wellhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/StativeVerb/gprhp/post.htmThu, 09 Oct 2008 22:38:03 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:574955anonymousHi, I think it is right to say most stative verbs like "feel" can not be used in progressive. Does that mean when most of them that can't be used in progressive tenses are used progressively, they are to be considered an adjective? He isn't feeling well. Is the word "feeling" an adjective?http://www.englishforums.com/English/StativeVerbPartProgressiveAdjective/gxqzx/post.htm#574729Thu, 09 Oct 2008 08:13:41 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:574729califjimsome stative verbs can take on progressive verb forms, whereas most of them don't. Hmmm. Most of them? I'm not sure that part is true. It may be. Some verbs have both stative and dynamic uses / meanings. He is feeling good. = He feels good. This stative verb can be used in the progressive tense. He is tasting the pie. = He is taking a taste of the pie. Not a stative use of taste . Progressive tense. (Can also be used as a non-progressive stative when it means has a (certain) taste : The pie tastes too sweet. ) He is thinking about the test result. = He is actively pondering the result of the test. Not a stative use of think . Progressive tense. (Can also be used as a non-progressive stative when it means believe : He thinks...http://www.englishforums.com/English/StativeVerbPartProgressiveAdjective/gxqzx/post.htm#574695Thu, 09 Oct 2008 05:53:36 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:574695mister micawber. 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 active sense too. Does the word 'feeling' an adjective here??-- Not an adjective; it is 'feel' in the present progressive. He is tasting the pie. -- Here the stative verb 'taste' seems to be used in progressive tense. Does that mean it is a part of a progressive tense like "He is playing tennis"?-- YES, it is an active verb here. = 'He is sampling the pie'. Cf: 'the pie tastes good' (= the pie has a good flavor) . He is thinking about the test...http://www.englishforums.com/English/ThanAsAConjunction/gxqgc/post.htm#574691Thu, 09 Oct 2008 05:44:34 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:574691anonymousHi, Thank you. I have some questions on this though: 1. She has more money than her husband/her husband does/her husband has. -- I think all three can be used Yes but wonder why this one can have 'her husband does' as a viable option, whereas the other two don't seem to have that option. They do, ie you can say 'than her husband does' in #2 and #3. I think you meant to refer here to 'her husband does has'. ' Has' is OK here, because it is the main verb, as in 'She has more money'. I think we can have the pattern "She has more money than her husband does" because what is implied possibly is "She does have more money than her husband does," and I think it is OK to...http://www.englishforums.com/English/StativeVerbPartProgressiveAdjective/gxqzx/post.htmThu, 09 Oct 2008 01:07:38 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:574631anonymousHi, I think it is correct to say that some stative verbs can take on progressive verb forms, whereas most of them don't. He is playing tennis. -- I think the word 'play' is active, thus allows for the use of progrssive. He is feeling good/humble. -- Here, I think the word 'feel' is stative, where the word 'feel' could be used in an active sense too. Does the word 'feeling' an adjective here?? He is tasting the pie. -- Here the stative verb 'taste' seems to be used in progressive tense. Does that mean it is a part of a progressive tense like "He is playing tennis"? He is thinking about the test result. -- Here, I think the word "think" is stative. Does that mean the word...http://www.englishforums.com/English/IveBeenKnowingHimForYears/5/cdvhq/Post.htm#573749Mon, 06 Oct 2008 12:29:30 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:573749anonymousGoodman: I didn’t not change the content of your post No, you did. You said that I had said "I stopped know it". I've never written so. I wrote "I stopped know ing it". If you say “I forgot I have a 10 o’clock meeting” Can you equate this to “I don’t know I have a meeting at 10 o’clock ? No! You are right, I can't equate this. But I surely can equate "I forgot the password" to "I don't know the password". I can agree with you that "to know" IS NOT ALWAYS durative. But you should agree that IT CAN BE durative, hence yo should permit using it with Perfect Progressive in particular cases. Again, the problem arose when someone spread the impossibility to use...http://www.englishforums.com/English/IveBeenKnowingHimForYears/4/cdvhq/Post.htm#572544Thu, 02 Oct 2008 15:36:52 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:572544goodmanAnon, We will find the most awkward English and the best writing from Google. By the way you articulated, you are pretty logical, but if I may say so, your logic is a little skewed. (for example, " to know how to do the scuba-diving- then keep on knowing it for some time, then forget it. That would mean that my "knowing" was durative. The same can be said about other stative verbs as well. "), This example won’t fly even if with wings! You need a subject to complete the idea. i.e. “ I want to know how to scuba-dive”. “To know” is correctly used as infinitive. I am completely amazed with your explanation. If you know how to swim, you can’t forget it. Once a toddler knows how to walk, he will know how...http://www.englishforums.com/English/IveBeenKnowingHimForYears/4/cdvhq/Post.htm#572474Thu, 02 Oct 2008 11:45:12 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:572474anonymous2CalifJim: What about 700 examples of "been knowing"? ;) 2Goodman: The verb "to know" works perfectly well with the Perfect Continuous (Progressive) Tense. Yes, it is FORBIDDEN to be used in this tense, but that doesn't mean it does not work. It is not argued that the rule that forbids using the stative verbs in the Perfect Continuous, exists. What is argued is the rule itself. The Perfect Continuous is the most "continuous" of tenses. It is a continuity itself. So, why forbid the verbs which definitely are of durative character, from using them in a durative tense? << I started to know it two years ago...>> by the way, this looks completely grammatical but sounded really strange! It's...http://www.englishforums.com/English/UnrealConditionalsInfinitive/glwvl/post.htm#557683Fri, 22 Aug 2008 18:19:46 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:557683califjimIf you were to put that money into a savings account, you would be less likely to spend it. Can you give me a rule or explanation for when this structure is used? I mean, I have no trouble with the usage, but I don't know how to explain it to my students. Explain and practice the basic pattern first: If , ... would ... Examples: If you baked a cake, I would eat it. If I had a million dollars, I would buy a new home. If he took the other road, he would arrive earlier. If I knew more about it, I'd tell you. ________ Once that basic pattern is understood, explain that were can substitute for the past of an action verb in this structure. Using the examples above, this substitution works for the first and third, but not the...http://www.englishforums.com/English/PresentPerfectAmericans/gkgpp/post.htm#552422Fri, 08 Aug 2008 07:40:10 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:552422diamondrgHi, YSchneider . I am not a native speaker and this is indeed a tough grammar point for non-native speakers. Here is an extract from CGEL*: Did you lock the front door? in a domestic situation where it is known that the front door is locked at bedtime every night. In that case, is more or less equivalent to Did you lock the front door at bedtime? (Incidentally, in , "the" in "the front door" is another case of situational definiteness; cfS.Uff.) -- The ATTITUDINAL PAST, used with verbs expressing volition or mental state, reflects the tentative attitude of the speaker, rather than past time. In the following pairs, both the present and past tenses refer to a present state of mind, but the latter is...http://www.englishforums.com/English/AnyDifferentlyDifferently/ghghz/post.htm#537379Sun, 06 Jul 2008 12:00:17 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:537379mister micawber. Generally, use the adjective with stative verbs of sensation and the adverb with active ones: The brown sweets don't taste any different from the pink ones She looks different today. I wouldn't do things any differently if the opportunity came up again. I see differently with my new glasses.http://www.englishforums.com/English/LetsFinishesFinishFirst/ggjzd/post.htm#533464Fri, 27 Jun 2008 19:03:49 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:533464califjimOnly one s in present !!! You can't use will with the stative verbs in this construction: plus an indirect question. I would not call these relative clauses. to finish first - an action. how you are - a state - not an action. get there first - same as arrive first - an action. you think - an internal activity; having an opinion - not an action. _______ Thus, with the indirect question in brackets { }, ungrammatical choices prefixed with asterisk *: {who first}. {how } _______ Your example with make sure does not belong to the pattern above. There's no indirect question. Make sure (that) you come back soon. A make sure that pattern is not followed by a future ( will ). ______ You can save yourself a lot of...http://www.englishforums.com/English/PassivesLikeLove/ggzzd/post.htm#532196Wed, 25 Jun 2008 07:32:26 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:532196mister micawber. They are, but they are totally useless for any purpose other than a grammar exercise. (#1 needs a little work: John likes pizza. Pizza is liked by John .) Many stative verbs occur seldom or not at all in passive voice.http://www.englishforums.com/English/SaddeningSeeing/ggdnq/post.htm#531913Tue, 24 Jun 2008 15:23:24 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:531913cliveHI again, Thanks Clive for your reply.But I am not convinced with your answer.I read this link posted on this site itself - http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/410/grammar/stat.htm . I can't open your link, although I can imagine what it says. Here its mentioned we can not use "see" and "sad den " (which are stative verbs) in the progressive tense. I wouldn't say that stative verbs can never take the progressive. However, I would say that they rarely do. In addition, verbs that are usually stative often also have non-stative meanings, in which case the progressive is OK. The verb 'see' is an example of this. If a lion walks into the room, you might say 'Oh, I see a lion', but you...http://www.englishforums.com/English/SaddeningSeeing/ggdnq/post.htm#531749Tue, 24 Jun 2008 05:59:24 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:531749maverickkThanks Clive for your reply.But I am not convinced with your answer.I read this link posted on this site itself - http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/410/grammar/stat.htm . Here its mentioned we can not use "see" and "sad" (which are stative verbs) in the progressive tense. So you are contradicting what I have learnt earlier from this forum itself,making me confused. One more question - You have mentioned an example "Marry is seeing the doctor tomorow". Is not "Marry will visit the doctor tomorow" a more correct way of expressing? Please explainhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/HearsIsHearingMusic/gvwwl/post.htm#523298Thu, 05 Jun 2008 09:56:42 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:523298mister micawber. Do you agree that the 2nd and 4th sentences are incorrect? If so, why are they incorrect? What is the difference in meaning between 1st-2nd and 3rd-4th? Please explain. I did not say they were incorrect; I said that the usual form is the simple aspect. This applies to a number of STATIVE VERBS , including verbs of sensation. Please take a look at that page and also search English Forums for the phrase 'stative verbs', many threads of which repeat your questions. A. He is looking sad 1. He is looking at the flowers. 2. He looks at the flowers. 3. He misses Sally. 4. He is missing his favourite TV program. These are all OK because the two verbs each have two forms, a stative (#A and 3) and a dynamic (#1,2 and 4) form, with...http://www.englishforums.com/English/InOrOnTheDriveway/3/gcqlg/Post.htm#515810Mon, 19 May 2008 20:27:49 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:515810new2grammarI hope I didn't scare you. I'm sure you can answer it OK. Let's just resolve it here since it's started. So, can we say, "My brother is walking on the yard" (2 dimensions) "The kids are happily running on the playground" (2 dimensions) I have no problem with stative verbs, for example The kids are sitting on the playground There's a watch lying on the playground/lawn Active verbs, like walk, run, jump bother me a bit as in the examples above. For some reason, I prefer to use 'in' with active verbs. What do you think?http://www.englishforums.com/English/KindsOfAVerb/3/vgzzq/Post.htm#488995Fri, 14 Mar 2008 21:49:21 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:488995anonymousAm I right ot say that we also call verbs: auxiliary verbs modal verbs regular verbs irregular verbs reflexive verbs phrasal verbs full verbs stative verbs Thank you Martinehttp://www.englishforums.com/English/InOrderTo/zlgvh/post.htm#474136Fri, 08 Feb 2008 03:28:05 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:474136takaGood. Thanks, Jim. But what about the other kinds of stative verbs, such as, say, 'have'. We have this formula in order to solve the problem. I think this sentence works, even without an auxiliary verb. Why do you think when it comes to stative verbs of perception it won't work?http://www.englishforums.com/English/LinkingVerbsStativeVerbs/vcnhr/post.htm#449421Tue, 04 Dec 2007 05:38:22 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:449421anonymousHi, I still wonder about how to use the stative verb and the linking verb if both of them are similar like this? One more, I want you to show me how different from action verb and linking verb with example include.http://www.englishforums.com/English/MarthaLivedEuropeAsiaLittle/3/zzbvg/Post.htm#443027Thu, 15 Nov 2007 19:59:43 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:443027goodmanAmy, Thank you for taking the time for the detailed explanation. I understand and in principle agree with almost everything you said. However, there is still some kind of glitch in our thoughts interpreting that particular sentence. Either my head is so thick that the signals from you can not penetrate, or I learned my English with the wrong book. we are still far apart from agreeing. So I searched for the answers. Keep in mind this is the questioned sentence. <<She in Europe and Asia with her family >> I am not advocating the use of past perfect. Rather proposing if it would be a more logical choice at the beginning. Of course a simple past would do the job but that was not the question....http://www.englishforums.com/English/INeedHelpWithStativeVerbs/zvbbn/post.htm#437578Thu, 01 Nov 2007 13:03:50 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:437578marius hancuClick on the Stative Verbs button underneath your posting and you will find many related threads.http://www.englishforums.com/English/INeedHelpWithStativeVerbs/zvbbn/post.htmThu, 01 Nov 2007 12:57:37 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:437576beginstudenthi, i want to know the rules of Stative verbs ? someone can help me please?http://www.englishforums.com/English/Tenses/zdrqb/post.htm#432839Sat, 20 Oct 2007 23:03:09 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:432839ant_222«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 student is not a process at all. Intutively people perceive it as a state. Tom is a student. The car is white. Neither Tom nor the car are not doing anything to be a student and white accordingly. They just are so. Tom can sleep, eat, play The Dig! and still be a student. The car may stand in the garage or cruise across America, but it still will be white. There's no need in a certain _process_ for the car to remain white. Of course, Tom...http://www.englishforums.com/English/QuestionAboueStateVerbs/zclgr/post.htm#430869Sun, 14 Oct 2007 23:07:53 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:430869califjimI 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 sick. (Not He is being sick. ) She is happy. (Not She is being happy. ) They are poor. (Not They are being poor. ) Auxiliary in a passive construction. He is being teased. (From (Someone) is teasing him. ) She is being harmed. (From (Someone) is harming her. ) They are being broken. (From (Someone) is breaking them. ) CJhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/QuestionAboueStateVerbs/zclgr/post.htm#430755Sun, 14 Oct 2007 14:09:17 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:430755mister micawberIt'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.http://www.englishforums.com/English/QuestionAboueStateVerbs/zclgr/post.htm#430742Sun, 14 Oct 2007 13:31:09 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:430742penicillinSo, when is "be" a stative verb when not? Thankshttp://www.englishforums.com/English/QuestionAboueStateVerbs/zclgr/post.htm#430738Sun, 14 Oct 2007 13:19:28 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:430738mister micawberStative 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.http://www.englishforums.com/English/HelpMe/zbxwz/post.htm#426769Wed, 03 Oct 2007 19:48:46 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:426769goodmanSelinnn wrote: hi... i want to help my problem is stative verbs.doubt is a stative verbs so it sometimes takes -ing , sometimes doesn't put together .when we use the this section. please tell me detail. thank you for reply... I'd liketo help but first I have to understand the question? Your question is unclear and vauge. Please give an example.http://www.englishforums.com/English/HelpMe/zbxwz/post.htmWed, 03 Oct 2007 16:21:04 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:426705selinnnhi... i want to help my problem is stative verbs.doubt is a stative verbs so it sometimes takes -ing , sometimes doesn't put together .when we use the this section. please tell me detail. thank you for reply...http://www.englishforums.com/English/DoctorsAppointmentTomorrowCorrect/2/vqwwz/Post.htm#415801Sat, 08 Sep 2007 11:44:05 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:415801westernamericanDear Jim, Let's say that I met an old friend of mine, and he asks me how I'm doing. I tell him 'I'm doing great, what about you? How do you feel'? If he answers: 'I'm feeling great', would it be considered a mistake? Feel is a stative verb--Does it mean that the most correct answer would be ''I feel great, thank you''? Moreover, you say that private verbs such as ''think'' should stay in a non-progressive form, but natives do say: ''I'm thinking about moving out'', no?http://www.englishforums.com/English/DoctorsAppointmentTomorrowCorrect/2/vqwwz/Post.htm#415732Sat, 08 Sep 2007 03:54:09 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:415732califjimAren't those verbs called 'stative verbs'? Not exactly. Private verbs, for example, are non-progressive, but not necessarily stative. We say I think you're right , not I'm thinking you're right , but think is not a stative verb (according to some analysts) because it is a (mental) activity. Palmer ( The English Verb ) gives the following taxonomy of non-progressive verbs. Note that 'non-progressive' indicates the usual usage; it doesn't mean you will never see the verb in a progressive tense. Its use in the progressive tenses is simply unusual, and has a special or separate meaning from the more common non-progressive usage. Non-Progressive Verbs Stative verbs. Verbs that indicate the quality of...http://www.englishforums.com/English/DoctorsAppointmentTomorrowCorrect/2/vqwwz/Post.htm#415592Fri, 07 Sep 2007 18:31:39 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:415592anonymousAren't those verbs called 'stative verbs'? All of them have to do with human feelings( love, feel etc).http://www.englishforums.com/English/StativeVerbs/3/bhqk/Post.htm#413331Sun, 02 Sep 2007 21:59:24 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:413331bokehLoojka wrote: Take the verb "think" for example. Think is only a stative verb when it means to believe . When it means to consider it is dynamic.http://www.englishforums.com/English/StativeVerbs/3/bhqk/Post.htm#412595Sat, 01 Sep 2007 09:41:33 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:412595anonymousI want another examples of sentences that state about stative verb that can be form into a dynamic verb. tnxhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/DiscussingWhosNext/vxqvd/post.htm#407585Wed, 22 Aug 2007 02:01:40 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:407585khoffI may need someone with more grammar training to explain what's wrong with these. "Can I help whoever's next" would be fine. "Can I help who's next?" always sound to me as if it means "Is it my fault who's next?" or "Am I responsible for who's next?" But I can't explain why the choice between who/whoever makes the difference. I'll see if anyone else can explain it. As for "how is everything tasting," I believe that "to taste" in its intransitive form is what's called a "stative verb" -- a verb that expresses a state of being -- and threfore should not be used in the progressive. Instead of "it is tasting good, it is smelling bad, it is being fine" you just say "it tastes good; it smells bad, it is fine." (In my mind the -ing form of...http://www.englishforums.com/English/IveAlwaysWonderedPastPresent/vmnnv/post.htm#397440Fri, 27 Jul 2007 18:49:14 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:397440kooyeenOh my, this is so confusing. So this subject IS complicated, indeed. Thanks a lot, I think what you said makes sense ---> consider the difference between repeated events (habits), individual events, and 'mere potentialities' expressed by stative verbs ( know, be, can ). But I think the rule must be simpler... I mean, native speakers trust their instinct, I'd like to trust my istinct too, but I don't have one yet. Ok, I've been thinking for quite a while, I think it's a mess. Hmm, maybe I've found a solution! (I keep on changing my mind, I'm thinking while I'm posting). Solution: After "wonder" we usually backshift in reported speech, since it's a verb that is strongly related to a situation or point in time, like "know" and...http://www.englishforums.com/English/IveAlwaysWonderedPastPresent/vmnnv/post.htm#397195Fri, 27 Jul 2007 04:05:31 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:397195califjimOK. I think I've finally understood the game you're playing. I'm the native informant (or whoever of us answers); you're the descriptive grammarian! (By the way, the standard saying among you descriptive grammarians is: Never trust a native informant!) Fun game, though. - I've always wondered if penguins can fly. I don't know. I'd have said could fly . - Interesting... so penguins can't fly. I've always wondered if penguins could fly. OK. But if there isn't such a difference... I've always wondered who deletes the posts here in Englishforums. <--- would you say this is not very good? Sounds perfect to me. I've always wondered who deleted the posts here in Englishforums. Doesn't sound as good; sounds like a...http://www.englishforums.com/English/StativeVerbsInContinuos/dlvwm/post.htm#385734Fri, 29 Jun 2007 12:40:36 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:385734cliveHi, It's better if you try to write some sentences. Then we can help you with comments on them. OK? Best wishes, Clivehttp://www.englishforums.com/English/StativeVerbsInContinuos/dlvwm/post.htm#385703Fri, 29 Jun 2007 11:40:34 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:385703anonymouswould you please give me some exmples about verb 'doubt' in the continuous form.thank youhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/LinkingVerbsStativeVerbs/vcnhr/post.htm#348089Sat, 07 Apr 2007 10:38:35 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:348089fleder_m@u_sHi, 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...http://www.englishforums.com/English/LinkingVerbsStativeVerbs/vcnhr/post.htmFri, 06 Apr 2007 11:17:27 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:347786believerHi, I think the understanding is that when you have a linking verb, what comes after that is an adjective and not an adverb. He feels bad. -- Not, he feels badly. Can you tell me if linking verbs and stative verbs are the same? Maybe one includes the other?http://www.englishforums.com/English/StativeVsDynamicVerbs/vxmp/post.htm#345300Fri, 30 Mar 2007 11:59:35 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:345300minhtrang86_vntalking about dynamic and stative verbs again, there is an " english math" as followings: in S + V+ A, if A can be realized by steadily, then V is (a) ..............., not (b)........... ------> the answers for this questions is (a) : dynamic.... and ( b) : stative. And i dont know why the key says so. Could you please help me do this " math problem" . Thank you very much.http://www.englishforums.com/English/WouldGo/vcclz/post.htm#344720Wed, 28 Mar 2007 22:25:46 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:344720marcelleCorrect! but be carelful, when talking about past habits, you can only use 'would' with 'action' verbs, you can say for example: As a child, i used to love chocolate, but you can't use 'would' instead of 'used to cos 'love' is a stative verb! Same for 'will' when referring to present habits, it's only used with 'action' verbs.http://www.englishforums.com/English/CanNearPastRecentPastWeeks/2/vbqwz/Post.htm#343824Mon, 26 Mar 2007 19:49:21 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:343824goodmanLiat, Let's not "muddy" up the water on present perfect by starting another debate on "Mr." vs. "Mr". Event the experts have varying opinions. I understand that you have probably an image that my English is not quite native, which is ok. I take no offense. Debates are based on what you know and how you see about certain things which is the case here. Is there anything wrong with "debatable"? Now back to the present perfect questions about using "ago" and "past time", The rule of thumb the I’ve learned is this: Present perfect tense goes with “since” and “for”, much like a an elegant carriage goes with horses. Of course, we can put a couple of “donkeys” in front of the carriage, much like using “ago” and “yesterday, or “past...