PROGRESSIVE
(Are there any stative verbs here? Do they all represent duration or repetition of actions?)
- First Hand has not been paid the full amount it is requesting for its services....
- He added that First Hand was harassing his office in an attempt to collect payment for a job that wasn't done.
- First Hand is running a scam, saying they cleaned apartments when they actually didn't," Horn said
- Hess said she was only picketing in an attempt to protect students
- "I'm open to being nominated for a MacArthur Fellowship for poetry," LaDue said, "but I'm not holding my breath."
- In response to a recent decline in rush attendance, all Inter-Fraternity Council-member fraternities are participating in a "more formalized rush system."
- As of Monday, interested students have been meeting in groups divided up by location
- "Those who would (otherwise) be timid to do so are going and seeing more houses," said Eric Bussell
- the new procedure is also helping to educate people about the greek system
- Academy Award-winning director Barbara Trent is spending her week at the University.
- Trent has been conducting seminars at the University since Monday
- She will be speaking to students about her life, career and social issues
- We would not stand by and pretend that it (the war) was not happening."
- Presently, Trent is considering working on a 10-part television series about ...
- she is looking forward to discussing this new project with students at the University.
- "I'm hoping the students can get together and do some brainstorming with me,"
- Many patients suffering from diseases such as leukemia and anemia are anticipating their turn for a chance at life through healthy bone marrow
- As a result, donor recruitment campaigns are being geared toward increasing the number of minority donors
- The Urbana Park District is looking for student volunteers to clean and restore Busey Woods and Meadowbrook Park as a part of the Natural Areas Work Days.
- This includes clearing away non-native plant species that are affecting the woods
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PERFECT
(Where are the stative verbs? dynamic verbs? What kinds of time expressions do you see?
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no adverb of duration
(no time or length of time mentioned, or a non-specific time like "already" or "recently")
| with adverb of duration
(how long?)
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- First Hand has not been paid the full amount it is requesting for its services
- At least six employees of First Hand Cleaners have picketed the offices of First National Real Estate at109 S. Wright St., Champaign, during the last two days.
- First Hand has not done the required amount of work
- We've only had two complaints so far this year
- Janis Terry ... said she has not been paid for the work she has done.
- This is the first year that First Hand has cleaned apartments for First National
- ... two copies of bills totalling $5,275 that First Hand said were for cleaning it had done for First National
- Any student who has watched a Champaign City Council meeting may have noticed..
- Patt and LaDue .. in 1984. LaDue had come to the University in 1981 as a graduate student in European history
- "Civic involvement is a value I've always cherished."
- " I've learned from the lives of many people," he said.
- Although he had a book published in the late 1970s, LaDue takes more pride in the work he's done since, which he hasn't had time to publish.
- LaDue has voted for "what's best for the community, not just his district."
- The Campustown 2000 committee has worked with the Champaign, Urbana and University police departments to devise better tactics for dealing with crime.
- The committee has also brought in landlords to discuss...
- "It's been a pleasure to see the development of a relationship between the council and the University that 10 years ago didn't exist,"
- Champaign mayor ... Dannel McCollum was and has continued to be very receptive to LaDue's ideas
- the council has taken a more progressive stand on other civic issues, such as ...
- Additional projects that have gone into effect ... are the bike patrol and ...
- His prose and poetry have been published in the literary journal at McGill University.
- "I've always tried to do my best and I'm proud of that.
- According to Bussell, turnout has been good,
- Connolly said the new rush schedule has been beneficial for his fraternity this year
- With a step toward a more organized rush schedule, fraternities across campus have adopted a new systematic approach.
- Among the films that Trent has directed and produced are The Panama Deception ...
- Trent has been sponsored to speak at events by the American Film Institute, the ...
- the in-residence guests have retained their eccentricity and have avoided "society's ready-made roles."
- The council agreed to preserve the building on the strength of its design, and that it has been a longstanding mainstay in the community."
- the Hillel Foundation ... has brought legal counsel to city meetings to help voice its opposition.
- "I have considered the owner's opposition .. it is outweighed by the other criteria."
- The need for organ donations is no secret, but many have not heard of the need for donations of bone marrow
- Busey Woods ... has never been developed much past its natural state.
- she has learned how to have fun ... through working with children.
- All credit card companies have been notified, the report said
- Late Monday night, a male flagged down a Champaign Police officer in the station's north parking lot, saying that he had been battered at Chester Street Bar
- the owners told officers they had locked the door before leaving
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- LaDue, who doesn't own a car, can be seen all over town on the Raleigh bicycle he's had for 20 years.
- LaDue has served the second district of Champaign ... for the past 12 years.
- Vincent Bellafiore ... has lived in LaDue's district for 15 years
- Aside from working at the pipe shop and on the City Council, LaDue has also served on the Champaign Public Library board of trustees for the past five years,
- Ever since the issue of historical preservation came to the forefront of city council debates, council members have backed the idea except in cases where the owner(s) have an objection.
- Since then, owners and other community members have opposed it
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PERFECT PROGRESSIVE
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NO adverb of duration
Do you expect to find any stative verbs in this list? Why not?
Do these verb phrases show duration or completion / prior experience? |
| (There were NONE of these in the 9 articles examined. Can you find some examples yourself?)
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- As of Monday, interested students have been meeting in groups ...
- Trent has been conducting seminars at the University since Monday
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