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use of Present Continuous with 5 senses verbs
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moravc
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Sorry goodnesses, those sentences sound really strange... I suppose you can use SOME static verbs in present continuous, but the meaning changes...
and I am pretty sure you CANNOT use ALL static verbs in present continuous...
appearing and smelling are the examples you cannot use...
we say: It smells good. (not it �s smelling good)
The other examples of present continuous are OK :-))
you may hear some gerunds, but it �s not correct, it means the speaker is trying to emphasise the sentence (it is happening now or in the very near future...)
I have heard this sentence: "Now he is tasting his own medicine. "
(it means - now he can experience all the bad things he did to others, the God pays back for his bad behaviour, so now he suffers the same way as his enemies had suffered because of him before...)
But, I would never ever mention this sentence to my pre-intermediate students :-D
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28 Sep 2009
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ballycastle1
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May I just add that if you were in the garden, bent over, and someone asked what you were doing, you would in all likelihood say, �I �m smelling the flowers. � |
28 Sep 2009
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goodnesses
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Sorry I did not say that all static(=state) verbs can be used in PC. Some can be either static or action vebs as the verb "appear" static = how SO or Sth looks, Action = show up, come to be apparent.
As for the verb "look", can we say "He is looking tired."?
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28 Sep 2009
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Kate (kkcat)
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Hello,
some state verbs can be used in Pr. Continuous only when we use them along with the �doer � of the action, for example: He is smelling th flowers (now, at the moment), I am tasting the soup, and I think it tastes great (of course the soup can �t be in the process of tasting itself).
Also I met this - I feel ok, I am feeling ok - and it was said that both variants are interchangeable - depends on what you want to convey - the process or state (fact). As for the verb �look �, imho, I �d use �he looks tired � as a fact, state, not as a process.
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28 Sep 2009
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jessicae
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Hi ,
And what about this McDonalds commercial on tv which says: " i�m lovin it". You can watch it here ( second 27)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNZzs6AXuL4
I�ve always wondered why they wrote "i" instead of "I" and why they used Present Continous instead of the Simple Present Tense. Last year, when I was explaining the topic of Present Tenses a student of mine raised this question in class, and to tell you the truth, I could not give an appropriate answer.
What do you think?
Jessica
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28 Sep 2009
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guaguis5
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HELLO:
WELL YOU CAN�T USE SMELL NEITHER TASTE IN THE PRESENT CONTINOUS FORM, TO GIVE THAT MEANING YOU HAVE TO CHANGE THE VERB E.G:
I AM HEARING A STRANGE NOISE X
I AM LISTENING A STRANGE NOISE OK
ALSO WITH SEE:
I AM SEEING A BIRD COMING HERE X
I AM WATCHING/OBSERVING A BIRD COMING HERE
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3 Oct 2009
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