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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. | 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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| + | http://www.statemaster.com/encyclopedia/Progressive-aspect | ||
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| + | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continuous_and_progressive_aspects | ||
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Revision as of 15:59, 19 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.
See Also
External Links
http://www.statemaster.com/encyclopedia/Progressive-aspect
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continuous_and_progressive_aspects
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.
