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| + | refers to a type of verb. Progressive Verbs are continuous (Ex. I’m going) or emphasizes the duration and frequency of an action. They are sometimes referred in the category of tense and other times referred to in the category of aspect. They are the opposite of temporal or durative verbs. | ||
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| + | Crystal, David. A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics. The language library. Oxford, UK: Blackwell, 1997. | ||
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| + | Crystal, David, and David Crystal. The Penguin Dictionary of Language. London: Penguin, 1999. | ||
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Revision as of 16:23, 11 November 2009
refers to a type of verb. Progressive Verbs are continuous (Ex. I’m going) or emphasizes the duration and frequency of an action. They are sometimes referred in the category of tense and other times referred to in the category of aspect. They are the opposite of temporal or durative verbs.
References
Crystal, David. A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics. The language library. Oxford, UK: Blackwell, 1997.
Crystal, David, and David Crystal. The Penguin Dictionary of Language. London: Penguin, 1999.
