Alice Chu
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Please tell me if my understanding is correct.
Examples of inchoative verbs:
open, close, start/begin, end, stop, die, finish, accomplish, complete, get/grow/turn/become, change, happen, ripen, mature, appear/show up, disappear, freeze, melt, widen, liquefy, strengthen, thicken, flatten
Inchoative verbs indicate a change of state which happens on its own and also show a process of beginning or becoming. They are also intransitive verbs without objects.
When inchoative verbs express a process of beginning or becoming, they can be used in progressive tenses. The sentences below are correct.
1) The door is opening now.
2) The weather is changing now.
3) The apples are ripening now.
4) The ice is melting now.
5) The sun is appearing now.
When inchoative verbs express a change of state which happens on its own, they cannot be used with “for” or “since” to indicate something happening for a period of time. The sentences below are incorrect.
1) The door has been opening for a while.
2) The weather has been changing since last night.
3) The apples have been ripening for two days.
4) The ice has been melting for an hour.
5) The sun has been appearing for a few minutes.
Examples of inchoative verbs:
open, close, start/begin, end, stop, die, finish, accomplish, complete, get/grow/turn/become, change, happen, ripen, mature, appear/show up, disappear, freeze, melt, widen, liquefy, strengthen, thicken, flatten
Inchoative verbs indicate a change of state which happens on its own and also show a process of beginning or becoming. They are also intransitive verbs without objects.
When inchoative verbs express a process of beginning or becoming, they can be used in progressive tenses. The sentences below are correct.
1) The door is opening now.
2) The weather is changing now.
3) The apples are ripening now.
4) The ice is melting now.
5) The sun is appearing now.
When inchoative verbs express a change of state which happens on its own, they cannot be used with “for” or “since” to indicate something happening for a period of time. The sentences below are incorrect.
1) The door has been opening for a while.
2) The weather has been changing since last night.
3) The apples have been ripening for two days.
4) The ice has been melting for an hour.
5) The sun has been appearing for a few minutes.