Saturday 28 November 2015

style - Stative and Dynamic Verbs

There are incongruous parallel constructions, but this is a result of incongruous concepts, not of whether or not one or both are stative:



active + active:




I travel around the world and visit all the well-known beauty spots. :-)



I travel around the world and visit all my neighbours. :-(




active + stative:




I travel around the world and own my own plane. :-)



I travel around the world and own my own hamster. :-(




stative + stative:




I have a diploma in cooking and own my own restaurant. :-)



I have a diploma in cooking and own my own hamster. :-(


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