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 smelling ...

The progressive aspect, traditionally employed to indicate ongoing or unfolding actions, has evolved significantly across the anglophone world. Originally confined to dynamic verb contexts, its ...

Is the phrase, “She is tasting your curry” an example of grammatically incorrect Indian English? My column in this week’s Mind Our English deals with “verbs of state”. No, these are not government or ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract This paper compares the Korean past tense marker -ess with another past form -essess (double past), the distinction between which has been ...