The verbs you can not use in present continuous
Hello people, I learned something curious about the present continuous and I want to share.
Some verbs you can not use in present continuous:
like
love
want
know
understand
remember
depend
prefer
hate
need
mean
believe
forget
you can not use the next sentence:
I'm wanting
I'm remembering
I wanna to know what do you think about this subject if you can modify some words to convert more fluency English you can do it.
Thanks for advances.
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Hello people, I learned something curious about the present continuous and I want to share.
Some verbs you can not use in present continuous:
like
love
want
know
understand
remember
depend
prefer
hate
need
mean
believe
forget (I agree with all the rest of these, but there are situations where "I'm forgetting" would be okay. Ex. You read a book and need to remember the details for a test "oh no! I'm already forgetting chapter 3!")
you can not use the next sentence:
I'm wanting
I'm remembering
I wanna to know (either "I wanna know" or "I want to know", the "na" part of "wanna" represents the "to" so saying it twice is odd) what do you think about this subject. If you can modify some words to convert more fluency English you can do it. (I would maybe say "If you want to make some changes to make this more fluent in English you may." Or "If something needs changing to be more fluent please do so", its a bit of an awkward sentence in English. Someone else might have a better idea about how to reword.)
Thanks for advances. (Thanks in advance)
Some verbs you can not use in present continuous:
like
love
want
know
understand
remember
depend
prefer
hate
need
mean
believe
forget (I agree with all the rest of these, but there are situations where "I'm forgetting" would be okay. Ex. You read a book and need to remember the details for a test "oh no! I'm already forgetting chapter 3!")
you can not use the next sentence:
I'm wanting
I'm remembering
I wanna to know (either "I wanna know" or "I want to know", the "na" part of "wanna" represents the "to" so saying it twice is odd) what do you think about this subject. If you can modify some words to convert more fluency English you can do it. (I would maybe say "If you want to make some changes to make this more fluent in English you may." Or "If something needs changing to be more fluent please do so", its a bit of an awkward sentence in English. Someone else might have a better idea about how to reword.)
Thanks for advances. (Thanks in advance)
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Hi, Cuitlahuac! You can actually use these words in present continuous. I'm not sure who or what taught you that you cannot, because that's not true at all. Perhaps it's because they're not used as frequently compared with other words.
For example:
"I'm wanting you more and more" (Literalmente: "Te estoy queriendo más y más")
"I'm remembering something important" (Literalmente: "Estoy recordando algo importante")
Both of these are grammatically correct English sentences.
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