continue

[Allifathima]

1. He continues to be unconscious.
2. He continues to be asleep.
3. He continues to be out of the country.
4. He continues to be rude to the customers.
Please check the validity of these sentences.

[Alan]

Hi,

They are all perfectly correct. I just feel that apart from (4) they could more naturally be expressed by using ' is still' instead of 'continues to be' as the other three are more 'states' than 'activities', which 'continues' usually indicates.

Alan
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