I mean I think it's fine if "exists" is treated as having a progressive/continuous aspect as opposed to a perfective aspect. Given we're not talking about quantum foam, I think progressive is the correct aspect to apply and so it's fine.
I'm going to be honest, I hate grammar. The mere thought of the 'perfective' aspect of a word makes me want to backflip off of my chair onto my neck. When I learned about the aorist tense, I considered forgoing society to join a monastery w/ a vow of silence.
I mean I think it's fine if "exists" is treated as having a progressive/continuous aspect as opposed to a perfective aspect. Given we're not talking about quantum foam, I think progressive is the correct aspect to apply and so it's fine.
I'm going to be honest, I hate grammar. The mere thought of the 'perfective' aspect of a word makes me want to backflip off of my chair onto my neck. When I learned about the aorist tense, I considered forgoing society to join a monastery w/ a vow of silence.
Chomsky BTFO
What’s an aorist
The word comes from Ancient Greek ἀόριστος aóristos "indefinite",[1] as the aorist was the unmarked (default) form of the verb, and thus did not have the implications of the imperfective aspect, which referred to an ongoing or repeated situation, or the perfect, which referred to a situation with a continuing relevance; instead it described an action "pure and simple".
Example?
For a more difficult reading experience, substitute "perfect" for all my uses of "fine" above.