Aspect Classes
As we were working in class we were talking about the class or aspect of verbs. Take for example the verb 'to know'. It is difficult to explain why this verb would be considered a state but I think it goes something like this:
I know that man.
Know has no beginning or end that you can point out. You can't "unknow" something. This makes sense when you look at the way it is used in AAVE (African American Vernacular English) where something like "I've been knowing that man" makes more sense by placing it in the present (knowing) and the past (been). The duration here isn't specified but it corresponds well with the habitual 'to be' used in the same sentence to indicate that 'being' and in this case 'knowing' as well is habitual.
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