about the verb forget

[salamis]

Hi,

I'd like to know if we can use the verb forget in the present continuous.

The Cambridge grammar book says that; we do not use these verbs ( like, love, want, understand, remember, depend, prefer, hate, need, mean, believe, forget ) in the present continuous.

But in the Longman grammar book there's a sentence like this:

I'm always forgetting people's birthdays. It's so annoying.

So which one is true?

[2006]

Hi,

I'd like to know if we can use the verb forget in the present continuous. Yes, we can. My grandmother is forgetting more every month.

The Cambridge grammar book says that; we do not use these verbs ( like, love, want, understand, remember, depend, prefer, hate, need, mean, believe, forget ) in the present continuous. not true

But in the Longman grammar book there's a sentence like this:

I'm always forgetting people's birthdays. It's so annoying.

So which one is true?

2006

[xpert]

Both are correct but:

Let me shed some light on the sentence

I'm always forgetting people's birthdays. It's so annoying.

This sentence - I understand it - expresses that he's used to forgetting pleople's birthday - one of his habits. Of course, he doesn't means at moment I'm forgetting ...

Such verbs are called stative verbs which don't express progressive tenses. Thus, we cannot say "*That's sounding good" but we say "That sounds good"

I hope I answered your question

[salamis]

Thank you 2006 and xpert.

I think I have to look up for stative verbs and how they used in English.