[صلاح محمود محمد]

المشاركة الأصلية كتبت بواسطة Essam ABDOU

Is PLAN a stative verb???????????????????????? This is the question

I think you should consider the difference in the following sentences.

I had been planning my summer holiday in Alexandria when my sister suddenly fell ill.

I had planned to spend the summer holiday in Alexandria when my sister suddenly fell ill.

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In the first example (without "to") : the meaning is; I'm thinking carefully about something I want to do to decide how and when I will do it, and the verb in this meaning is dynamic which means; it could be used in the continuous tenses.

In the second example(with "to") : the meaning is; I intend to do something, and the verb in this meaning is stative which means; it can't be used in the continuous tenses.

For further information, see the verb - PLAN - in Longman Dictionary of contemporary English