embarrass (cause to feel awkward)

According to the results presented here, stative progressive use is not spreading ... The present progressive in discourse: grammar versus usage revisited. TESOL. Some verbs cannot be used in the Present Continuous tense. This is because they already suggest permanence. These include: Verbs of possession – own, have, ... Intransitive verbs (verbs that do not take an object) cannot be passive. For this reason, the following sentences have no passive equivalents. Translating the Spanish present simple tense to English involves evaluating how the verb is being used and considering the grammatical differences between the ... Here are some examples with the present tense verb in bold: A yodeler yodels ... An intransitive verb is not used with a direct object. If something ... Usage notes: There's no présent progressif in French, nothing grammatically equivalent to the English present progressive. So if you can't use the present ... Verbs not used in the continuous · Verb: Be. Use in the present simple: He is a careful person · Verb: Have. Use in the present simple: I have a car (I own it). to see. When the verb to see is used to mean to have a meeting or to date someone it can be used in the Progressive or Continuous Forms. · to be. The verb to be ... (Stative verb). A major difference between dynamic and stative verbs is that stative verbs cannot be used in progressive (continuous) tenses. Some verbs can ... Mar 9, 2011 ... Verbs not used in progressive forms · I love you. (NOT I am loving you.) · I like this color. (NOT I am liking this color.) · I rang her up because ...