有一读者问： 有不少辞书上说 remember 和 know, understand 等动词一样，不可用进行时态，但我在 Publishers Weekly 上看到这样一个句子：
(1)All the doings at 201 East 50th Street are a long way from the humble beginnings, but since Random is not the house that treads the past remorselessly down, it is remembering the occasion of its very first book — by reprinting its very first book.
这应做何解释呢？
英语中的静态动词有的的确是不可用进行时态，如 dislike, resemble 等，有的则是通常或一般不用进行时态， remember 即属于后一种。但这后一种静态动词有时则可用进行时态，这时它一般皆含有一种能动性或描写性，如 remember 常意谓 bring sth. back into the mind （回想起，忆及）。上述句（1）中的 is remembering则有描写性，显得鲜明生动。再如：
(2)Now I'm remembering it. （有“开始忆得”的含义）
(3)He was a sick man and he was remembering things.
(4)His brows came together; he was remembering his father.
(5)One day I was walking on No.143 Street. I was remembering a lot of things about the block.
(6)She was remembering Walter Fane polishing his eyeglasses and the queer blind stare of his eyes when she had first mentioned St. Catherine's.
顺便提一下，由于进行时态在现代英语中愈来愈得势，所以有些不可用进行时态的静态动词有时也可用进行时态，如下面各句中的划线部分：
(7)Charles is understanding French a lot better since he's been to France.
(8)I wasn't meaning to be disrespectful.
(9)The thought of fishing was seeming like a joke to her.
(10)If I were to know my nature well, I should be knowing universal nature.
但是，话又得说回来。不少人认为上述句子中的进行时态是非正式英语，所以这种用法我们不宜仿效。
