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progressive aspect::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | durative, durative aspect |
Examples of progressive aspect
progressive aspect
D.R. is ignorant of the highly progressive aspect of the social security tax.
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However, non-motion verbs in Russian do not have the progressive aspect.
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The perfect can be combined with the progressive aspect, a type of imperfective aspect.
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Auxiliary verbs mark constructions such as questions, negative polarity, the passive voice and progressive aspect.
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Art itself, if it is really great, has a progressive aspect that is needed by a society, even if it seems absolutely useless in strictly practical terms.
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The progressive aspect of the present is used when the speech refers to present situations that are happening in a continuous, uninterrupted way.
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The progressive aspect of the past is used when the speech refers to past situations that were happening in a continuous and uninterrupted way.
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The progressive aspect expresses the dynamic quality of actions that are in progress while the continuous aspect expresses the state of the subject that is continuing the action.
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In the example, the progressive aspect expresses the fact that the subject is actively putting on clothes rather than merely wearing them as in the continuous aspect.
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