In Verbs^x, Perfect progressive^x

Let the curly brackets { } mean "a form of". Thus, {be} means "a form of be"; that is, {be} means any of be, being, been, is, are, am, was, were. -ing represents the present participle form of a verb, e.g., being, having, walking, taking, seeing, hiding, ... -en represents...

Goodman: 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...

Google gives 213 instances of "I've been knowing it". Not much, but it counts. A search string like "been knowing" gives 71000 instances, which is absolutely considerable. People keep treating the verb "to know" as a normally and logically durative verb, which it...

One of explanations could be a confusion between the "progressive" tenses. For example, the verb "to know" indeed can not be used in ONE of the progressive tenses, known also as "Continuous", ex.: "I'm knowing it". But it looks pretty OK in another...

Hi, there! Here are my doubts. Could you help me, please? - He (write) a composition since lunch time . In this kind of sentence I could use e.g. the * Present Perfect Progressive : - He has been writting a composition since lunch time. In this case since is a starting point and the...

Hi, 1. Why does it have to be 'prior to the main narrative time frame' here? Can it be 'past the main narrative time frame'? The future perfect progressive verb will have been listening suggests action that will begin in the time frame prior to the main narrative time frame...

Hi, 1. Why does it have to be 'prior to the main narrative time frame' here? Can it be 'past the main narrative time frame'? The future perfect progressive verb will have been listening suggests action that will begin in the time frame prior to the main narrative time frame...

Present Perfect is formed with the auxiliary have and the past participle of some verb: have seen, has done, have lived. Present Perfect Progressive is formed with the auxiliaries have and been and the present participle of some verb: have been seeing, has been doing, has been living. CJ

Hi everyone, I have a few grammar questions and I don't know how to answer them: Explain why the verb “To Be” is not a non-progressive verb? I know the simple present never talks about the present but what can be an exception to this rule? Why does the present tense not exist in English? ...

I would like to thank you for your edition.However, I cannot understand/ have not understood/have not been understanding the logic of your edition.Could you ...' b. am not able to understand I was reading the thread and wanted to offer a little direction. I...