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- 10-Nov-2011, 20:31 #1
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to live stative or dynamic Is the verb to live dynamic or stative?
- 10-Nov-2011, 20:39 #2
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Teacher Re: to live stative or dynamic This is a bit of a circular argument, but stative verbs are not generally used in progressive forms, and verbs that are used in progressive forms are not stative. I do not like the division of verbs into stative and dynamic. but if people want to make this division, then LIVE is dynamic.
- 11-Nov-2011, 05:08 #3
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Threadstarter / Original Poster Re: to live stative or dynamic Got it.And what about 'to speak' can it be a mixed verb?
- 11-Nov-2011, 05:45 #4
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Teacher Re: to live stative or dynamic You could look at She speaks Italian as showing stative qualities and She's speaking to her staff as dynamic.
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