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As I understand, inanimate objects are referred to using あります. Why, then, is
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> コンビニでお握りを売って **います**

Both subject and object are inanimate. Are we still assuming a salesperson?
What if it's a self-checkout store?
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verbs auxiliaries
Why is 売っています correct, as opposed to 売ってあります?
〜ています is the present continuous. This grammar point requires you convert the
verb to て-form and add いる at the end. It means the progressive tense of a verb
which shows that something is currently happening or ongoing.

ex

> 田中さんは昼ご飯を **食べています** 。Mr Tanaka is eating lunch.

This is the most basic meaning, which shows that someone is currently doing
something at this moment. Here 食べる is converted to its て-form 食べている. 食べています is
the ます-form. It is the polite form of 食べている.

> 毎日、英語を **勉強しています** 。I study English every day.

This meaning shows habitual behavior or can be used when talking about
something that frequently happens. 勉強する is converted to its て-form 勉強している.

〜ています and 〜います have a similar appearance, but they are different. 〜います is used
in existential sentences, and usually preceded by a particle. In fact, my
teacher taught me this sentence pattern like this: がいます. The が can be changed
to a に/は for places.

I referenced [this site](https://jlptsensei.com/learn-japanese-
grammar/%e3%81%a6%e3%81%84%e3%82%8b-te-iru-meaning/).
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Adding to the existing answer, note that the pattern verbて + あります also does
exist. It is used with **transitive** verbs to signal that an action has been
performed by an actor _intentionally_ , and as a result it has reached the
current state (see [this](https://www.tofugu.com/japanese-grammar/tearu/) for
reference):

> メモがデスクに置いてある。

> A memo is on the desk. (Nuance: Oh! A memo has been _deliberately_ left on
> the desk.)
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