What verbs don use in Present Perfect Continuous?
Hello, There are quite a few verbs we don’t usually use in any continuous tenses, including the present perfect continuous. These are called stative verbs, and they usually descibe a state rather than an action. For example ‘know’ is a stative verb (knowing is a state not an action), so we can’t say ‘I have been knowing Lucy for ten years’. Instead we have to say ‘I have known..’. An action (or ‘dynamic’) verb, on the other hand, can be used in any tense. ‘I have been playing’ is fine and so is ‘I have played’. We decide which tense we need depending on the situation. Some verbs, however, have more than one meaning. And so they can be stative verbs (we can’t use them in continuous tenses) and dynamic verbs (we can use them in any tense). For example ‘see’ can mean ‘see with my eyes’ or it can mean ‘meet’. When it means ‘see with my eyes’, it’s a stative verb, so we can’t use it in any continuous tenses: — I see Julie coming now (and NOT I am seeing Julie..) However, when it means ‘mee
