antonyan
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- Aug 17, 2012
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- Greek
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Hello,everyone
So far I've been taught about Stative verbs,among which verbs of senses, don't have continuous tenses.
Recently- was it on CNN or BBC news I'm not sure about-I was astounded to hear " We're seeing that negotiations .."
or " we've been hearing a lot about economic recession ..."
I'd like to know whether this kind of sentences are acceptable in both British and American English.
However, my teacher wouldn't consider them correct as our grammar books clearly state that "we're seeing things" or " we've been hearing noises" mean we have hallucinations!!
So far I've been taught about Stative verbs,among which verbs of senses, don't have continuous tenses.
Recently- was it on CNN or BBC news I'm not sure about-I was astounded to hear " We're seeing that negotiations .."
or " we've been hearing a lot about economic recession ..."
I'd like to know whether this kind of sentences are acceptable in both British and American English.
However, my teacher wouldn't consider them correct as our grammar books clearly state that "we're seeing things" or " we've been hearing noises" mean we have hallucinations!!