Verbs that do not take -ing.
See, hear, feel, taste and smell do not attract -ing. However, they can, when they take up certain meanings
1. When ‘see’ means an arrangement to meet with someone: I am seeing my lawyer by Saturday.
2. When ‘hear’ means court adjudication: The court is hearing his case tomorrow.
3. When ‘feel’ means some kind of medical care: The doctor is feeling her temperature
4. When ‘smell’ means to sniff at: The rat must be smelling something.
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