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Omar Ahmed Posted 8 years ago
Grammar

A puzzling question

I will be watching TV. (Change into passive voice)

My answer is : TV will be watched by me.

My friend says, " The answer is : TV will be being watched by me" Which one of us is right?

  

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Omar Ahmed I will be watching TV. (Change into passive voice) My answer is : TV will be watched by me. My friend says, " The answer is : TV will be being watched by me" Which one of us is right?

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  • Omar Ahmed I will be watching TV.
  • (Change into passive voice) My answer is : TV will be watched by me.
  • My friend says, " The answer is : TV will be being watched by me" Which one of us is right?
  • Your friend.
  • The original has a verb in -ing .
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Omar Ahmed

I will be watching TV. (Change into passive voice)

My answer is : TV will be watched by me.

My friend says, " The answer is : TV will be being watched by me" Which one of us is right?

Your friend.

The original has a verb in -ing. Your version does not.

Here are the relevant pairs of sentences:

I will

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Omar AhmedI will be watching TV. (Change into passive voice)

I hope you realize that no native English speaker would ever ever ever use the passive form of that sentence. Its passive transformation is a utterly useless, meaningless and counterproductive exercise..

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