"I am liking this place already." Is this phrase grammatically wrong but acceptable in conversation?
If I am not wrong, the correct grammatical version should be "I like this place already". Like is regarded as a stative verb to describle a state that a person or thing is in, and we don't use present progressive tense form to contradict this. On the other hand, if we regard "I am liking this place already." is grammatically correct, "I like this place already" should be wrong.

"I am liking this place already." It sounds like I express a strong emotion of liking. For rational reason, "I like this place." is adopted as the official grammar version.

Does my deduction make sense?

Question

"I am liking this place already." Is this phrase grammatically wrong but acceptable in conversation?
If I am not wrong, the correct grammatical version should be "I like this place already".  Like is regarded as a stative verb to describle a state that a person or thing is in, and we don't use present progressive tense form to contradict this. On the other hand, if we regard "I am liking this place already." is grammatically correct, "I like this place already" should be wrong.

"I am liking this place already." It sounds like I express a strong emotion of liking. For rational reason, "I like this place." is adopted as the official grammar version.

Does my deduction make sense?

Answer

"I like this place" = I have made a decision: I like this place

"I am liking this place already" = I have not yet made a decision, but, so far, I like it.

Note that "I am liking ..." is rarely used without "already" or "so far."

Also common: If you recently got a new job, I might ask, "How are you liking your job?"  If you had been in the same job for 20 years, I would not ask that. I would ask, "How do you like your job?" (But that can be used for a new job, too. "Are you liking" is used re: something new.

Answer

In most contexts, I would say that the continuous aspect in your example really refers to the (unstated) dynamic verb “to begin”, so the meaning is “I’m beginning to like this place already.” Take this other case of using “like” in the continuous aspect: If we say, “I’m liking this pizza”, we could explain it by saying the verb “to like” has the meaning of the dynamic verb “to enjoy” in this example.

Answer

It's correct, but it's a pretty colloquial way of speaking (no one writes like that). You could say this if something happened at the very beginning of your time in new place that is particularly nice or giving you a good impression. So if you go to a new hotel and they give you a really nice drink and vouchers for a free dinner and a free massage after only being there for ten minutes, you could say, "I'm liking this place already."

Đừng bỏ lỡ cơ hội học ngoại ngữ ngay tại nhà. Hãy xem danh sách các gia sư ngôn ngữ giàu kinh nghiệm của chúng tôi và đăng ký buổi học đầu tiên ngay hôm nay!