"All singing, all dancing" as a description of a product (e.g. http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=13356)?
3) Verbs where the characteristic cannot be blotted out bythe context.
However, I remain sceptical that there are any verbs or other words in group 3, in any language.
It seems to me that Rolf's example "sing" always has the characteristic of
dynamicity. It is not a state.
Similarly, "sing" and "continue" always have durativity. They can never be
instantaneous.
And "create" has telicity. There is an inherent end to the activity.
It seems to me that these "lexical aspects" are uncancellable.
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