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I kind of agree with you Charity. I think what makes it sound strange to me is that it sounds, in my specific dialect, ungrammatical rather than inappropriate. I guess my teacher's did a good job beating grammar into my head. But I do agree that today it is a much more common thing to hear in casual speech.
I kind of agree too. However, you are right that the verb does have boundaries such that it is two-place because it requires two arguments. The McDonalds slogan "I'm lovin' it" would sound odd if it just read "I'm lovin'" However, I know I've used it before when my friend has tried on clothes to show me I would say "I'm liking" with a simultaneous nod and she knew what I meant without supplying the other argument. So maybe it's appropriate inh some contexts.

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