to live stative or dynamic

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This is a bit of a circular argument, but stative verbs are not generally used in progressive forms, and verbs that are used in progressive forms are not stative. I do not like the division of verbs into stative and dynamic. but if people want to make this division, then LIVE is dynamic.
 
Got it.And what about 'to speak' can it be a mixed verb?
 
You could look at She speaks Italian as showing stative qualities and She's speaking to her staff as dynamic.
 
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