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Anonymous Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

Acceptable?

My hat is/is being/has been/has been being on the table.

In the sentence, are all the present tenses acceptable and meaningful? Thanks in advance.

  

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anonymous My hat is/is being/has been/has been being on the table. be is a non-progressive verb, so 'is' and 'has been' are the only possibilities. CJ

  • anonymous My hat is/is being/has been/has been being on the table.
  • be is a non-progressive verb, so 'is' and 'has been' are the only possibilities.
  • CJ
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anonymousMy hat is/is being/has been/has been being on the table.

be is a non-progressive verb, so 'is' and 'has been' are the only possibilities.

CJ

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