Stative verbs
Stative verbs describe a state rather than an action. They aren't usually used in the present continuous form.
I don't know the answer. I'm not knowing the answer.
She really likes you. She's really liking you.
He seems happy at the moment. He's seeming happy at the moment.
Stative verbs often relate to:
- thoughts and opinions: agree, believe, doubt, guess, imagine, know, mean, recognise, remember, suspect, think, understand;
- feelings and emotions: dislike, hate, like, love, prefer, want, wish;
- senses and perceptions: appear, be, feel, hear, look, see, seem, smell, taste;
- possession and measurement: belong, have, measure, own, possess, weigh.
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