Unit Present continuous and present simple 1
Cambridge University Press 978-1-107-69989-2 Advanced Grammar in Use Martin Hewings Excerpt More information Unit 1 Present continuous and Present simple 1. A State verbs Reminder A1 A5. We can use the Present continuous with some state verbs ( attract, like, look, love, sound) to emphasise that a situation is temporary or for a period of time around the Present . Compare: Ella stays with us quite often. The children love having her here. and Ella's with us at the moment. The children are loving having her here. State verbs which we rarely use with the Present continuous include believe, consist of, doubt, own. B Some verbs have different meanings when they are used to talk about states and when they describe actions.
Some verbs used as performatives with the present simple in affi rmative (= positive) sentences (apologise, deny, guarantee, promise, suggest) have a similar meaning with either the present simple or the present continuous in negative sentences: I don’t deny / I’m not denying taking the books, but Miguel said it would be okay.
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