Timeline for Imperfective and perfective aspects of verb "glow"
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| Jul 2, 2016 at 12:11 | vote | accept | Kinzle B | ||
| Jun 28, 2016 at 20:31 | comment | added | Damkerng T. | Hmm... the paraphrase of There was a large pair of eyes staring at me, "A large pair of eyes stared at me", caught my eye. We could argue that "A large pair of eyes was staring at me" is probably closer to the original, but I digress. This answer is a good answer anyway, IMHO. | |
| Jun 28, 2016 at 20:20 | comment | added | Isaiah Taylor | @DamkerngT. and if you're look at it strictly, most of them really aren't continuous at all. There was something different would need some sort of being verb in order to actually be continuous. However, instead of "There was a large pair of eyes staring at me.", he could have said, A large pair of eyes stared at me, making the eyes the direct agent and removing the continuous formation of the verb. So, no, they aren't continuous, but choosing a shape that feels to us like continuation gives the wanted emphasis, in the same way the line of observations and then actions does. | |
| Jun 28, 2016 at 20:09 | comment | added | Damkerng T. | I generally agree with you and I like that you discuss technical stuff in plain English. One minor point -- I think I wouldn't read "The wall was glowing. There was something different. There was a large pair of eyes. They were glowing. It was camouflaged. I backed away from the eyes." as Continuous, continuous, continuous, EVENT!, but I get your point. (Personally, I would think of it as "observation, observation, observation, observation, action".) | |
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| Jun 28, 2016 at 19:12 | history | answered | Isaiah Taylor | CC BY-SA 3.0 |