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Jigneshbharati Posted 8 years ago
Grammar

Are being referred

If you are being referred for the first time you will receive an appointment to be seen in the Anticoagulant Clinic at Bournemouth Hospital where one of the Anticoagulant Practitioners will explain all about Warfarin.

http://www.rbch.nhs.uk/our_services/clinical_services/pathology/clinic.php

Please explain the use "are being" vs "are referred" in the context.

  

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"are being referred" (passive continuous tense) indicates activity in progress now. The applicable person will be undergoing the referral process now (or is imagined to be in such a situation). " is talking about something that might happen at "some time", as opposed to "now".

  • "are being referred" (passive continuous tense) indicates activity in progress now.
  • The applicable person will be undergoing the referral process now (or is imagined to be in such a situation).
  • " is talking about something that might happen at "some time", as opposed to "now".
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"are being referred" (passive continuous tense) indicates activity in progress now. The applicable person will be undergoing the referral process now (or is imagined to be in such a situation).

"If you are referred ..." is talking about something that might happen at "some time", as opposed to "now". (However, looking at the sentence as a whole, "When you are referred ..." would seem a b

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