The Simple and Progressive Aspects compared: "stative verb" use described with regard to human cognitive activity.
7.1. PRACTICE FOR THE HEART AND THE MIND
Tag: Stative verb use
Verb use to refer to an extent of a cognitive ground rather than part an extent only, as in I READ MUCH when compared with I AM READING, in classic grammars recognized for the Simple Aspect.
CHAPTER 7. TIME IN THE MIND AND HEART
We may find grammar books to tell about “stative” or “static verbs”. The books give lists of such verbs to remember and not to use with the Progressive. Let us think if we could list all words we might associate with love and hate in the alphabetical order, for example? Listing the words would take a long time, and we can speak, write, and read real-time.
