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Grammar and Linguistics > A doubt
A doubt
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daddou
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Hi,everybody
The weather is really nice here at the moment. IS THE CORRECT OPTION
No doubt. |
22 Jan 2009
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MissMelissa12
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Hi everybody,
This is quite simple to answer!!
When ��be�� as well as have, smell, taste, feel, seem, appear, believe, understand, remember, know, think, etc appear as stative verbs ( verbs that usually refer to a state or condition which is not changing or likely to change) the continuous form cannot be applied.
Therefore, " a) The weather IS really nice here at the moment" is the correct sentence.
Miss Melissa.
(How I love ths kind of questions on the forums, we need more of these)
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22 Jan 2009
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GIOVANNI
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I would have to agree with Goodnesses. As a native speaker of English, I have never heard anyone refer to "the weather being nice at the moment". The weather is really nice is the correct sentence. |
22 Jan 2009
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douglas
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The weather is really nice is correct. The weather GODS ARE being nice would also be correct. The weather is not a thinking entity that can decide to be nice or not--the weather GODS would be.
Douglas |
22 Jan 2009
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BRAHIM S
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The first, "....is nice", is unquestionably the correct option, whereas the second, "....is being", is according to my intuitions as a teacher who spent more than 10 years studying linguistics, awkward. I would never say something like that...
Are n�t you confusing has been and is being, the former being perfectly correcty?
Refer again to Goodness� explanations which are axhaustive and very clear
Thank you all for your contributions |
23 Jan 2009
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gaby_mn
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I guess a simple answer would be that BE is a STATIVE VERB, which by definition can�t be used in the progressive tense... If you have IS BEING, followed by a past participle verb, then it would be a correct PASSIVE VOICE statement, |
23 Jan 2009
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MissMelissa12
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Right Gabymn, Its what I said-or tried to .
I like the way we cooperate with each other :) |
23 Jan 2009
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