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==Examples== | ==Examples== | ||
===English=== | |||
State verbs: | |||
* verbs of emotion/cognition/attitude: ''love'', ''like'', ''worry'', ''fear'', ''know'', ''think'', ''believe'', ''hope'' | |||
* verbs of perception: ''see, hear, feel'' | |||
* verbs of existence: ''be, live, exist '' | |||
* verbs of location: ''sit, stand, lie, rest'' | |||
* verbs of relation: ''contain, include, consist of'' | |||
Example sentences: | |||
* ''He '''lives''' in New York'' | * ''He '''lives''' in New York'' | ||
* ''He '''knows''' the answer''. | * ''He '''knows''' the answer''. | ||
Latest revision as of 17:12, 9 September 2009
Definition
A state is a type of situation (or state of affairs). States are non-dynamic, i.e. they are not associated with change in the in (physical, temporal etc.) conditions.
Examples
English
State verbs:
- verbs of emotion/cognition/attitude: love, like, worry, fear, know, think, believe, hope
- verbs of perception: see, hear, feel
- verbs of existence: be, live, exist
- verbs of location: sit, stand, lie, rest
- verbs of relation: contain, include, consist of
Example sentences:
- He lives in New York
- He knows the answer.