present continuous

hanuman_2000 · Post by **hanuman_2000** » Fri Nov 05, 2004 5:12 am

Sir,

I am loving my mummy.

is this correct? If not ,Can you help me by writting a sentence in which the "loving" is used as continous tense.

He is looking sad.

is this correct?

Thanks.

Alan · Post by **Alan** » Fri Nov 05, 2004 6:32 am

1. 'Love' exists as a dynamic verb (i.e. one with progressive tense-forms) only in casual usage, where it means roughly 'enjoy'. One also comes across it in the lyrics of pop songs, where we may attribute it to poetic licence.

2. Yes, 'He is looking sad' is possible. 'Look', meaning 'have an appearance (of)', exists in both stative and dynamic forms.