My column in this week’s Mind Our English deals with “verbs of state”. No, these are not government or royal verbs, as may be suggested by the analogy with “matters of state” (government ...

After reading each sentence, record your choice by clicking on either the word TRUE or on the word STATIVE. You will then be shown the answer. Remember that a true passive construction indicates that ...

Tammo Lotz from Germany writes: Could you please explain with the help of examples the difference between stative and dynamic verbs? Moreover, I would be interested in why the sentence 'I am ...

Some state verbs can be used in the continuous form to talk about a temporary action or an action happening in the present. However, some state verbs can be used as action verbs in the present ...