By Tenses, Stative verbs

Only one s in present!!! You can't use will with the stative verbs in this construction: } _______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...

HI 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...

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 . Here its mentioned we can not use "see" and "sad" (which are stative verbs) in the progressive...

Hi,I think the following 2 sentences are incorrect - No, they are fine. Not all -ing words involve a progressive verb tense.1) It is saddening to see that people die of hunger even after 60 years of independence. 'Saddening' here is used as an adjective. eg it is a saddening sight . ....

Hi,I think the following 2 sentences are incorrect - 1) It is saddening to see that people die of hunger even after 60 years of independence.2) It is high time the common man is disabused of his illusive hope of seeing India as a developed nation."Sad" is a state and therefore a stative...

Amy, 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...

«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...

I 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...