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Is the verb" worry" stative or dynamic?
1 dic 2022 16:07
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I'm a native speaker, and had to google to see what a stative verb is. I believe 'worry' is frequently a stative verb, but not always.
He worries alot. This is probably stative
The economy worries investors. Not stative, it even has an object.
2 dicembre 2022
a state of being
1 dicembre 2022
Worry" isn't a stative verb that can't be used in the continuous tenses. But we usually use the past participle "worried" as an adjective along with a form of "be."
Okay, but not commonly heard: She's worrying about her son.
More commonly heard: She's worried about her son.
1 dicembre 2022
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Ei Shwe Zin
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Birmano, Inglese
Lingua di apprendimento
Inglese
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