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Stative verbs, and verbs being used to describe a state, generally don't use the continuous form. So stative uses like "I know" and "I have" are correct, but "I am knowing" and "I am having" are incorrect. A verb that has both stative and active meanings is not used in the continuous form when it has the stative sense. This tag should also be used for questions comparing dynamic with stative verbs.

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What is the proper use of the present progressive form, especially of "to have"?

When I read @ctype.h's question 'Is "I am having a code" grammatically correct?', I thought that @Mark Beadles brought up a good point: This is two questions, though you may not realize it. The first …