"Present Continuous"

express the idea that something is happening now, at this

very moment. It can also be used to show that something is not happening now.

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use with continuous tenses. These "stative" verbs are about state,

not action, and they cannot express the continuous or progressive aspect. Here are some of the most common non-continuous verbs:
feeling: hate, like, love, prefer, want, wish
senses: appear, feel, hear, see, seem, smell, sound, taste
communication: agree, deny, disagree, mean, promise, satisfy, surprise
thinking: believe, imagine, know, mean, realize, recognize, remember, understand
other states: be, belong, concern, depend, involve, matter, need, owe, own, possess
Look at these example sentences, right and wrong:
Notice that we often use can + see/hear:
I can see someone in the distance. not I am seeing someone in the distance.
I can't hear you very well. not I am not hearing you very well.