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"In the bus" or "on the bus" #31 (permalink) Sun Jan 02, 2011 9:53 am   "In the bus" or "on the bus"		  
Hi Waves,

'Stative' verbs don't usually take the progressive form because the verb itself describes a state which lasts all the time as with verbs like 'know' 'understand' and so on. The other verbs which are the opposite of stative verbs are called 'dynamic' because they express an action.

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