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Wangqh2696122 Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

“attracted” VS “being attracted”

Recently his father has found his son increasing ___ to the Internet games.

A. attracted B. being attracted
  

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wangqh2696122 Recently his father has found his son increasing ly ___ to the Internet games. attracted. Also, though not in the example: ...

— CalifJim

  • wangqh2696122 Recently his father has found his son increasing ly ___ to the Internet games.
  • attracted.
  • Also, though not in the example: ...
  • has found his son being increasingly attracted to internet games.
  • CJ
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wangqh2696122Recently his father has found his son increasingly ___ to the Internet games.
attracted.

Also, though not in the example:

... has found his son being increasingly attracted to internet games.

CJ
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The word "increasingly" implies continuity, so why not use "being attracted"?
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AnonymousThe word "increasingly" implies continuity, so why not use "being attracted"?
I suppose you could ask,

The word "increasingly" already implies continuity, so why repeat the same idea again by using being?
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wangqh2696122Recently his father has found his son increasing ___ to the Internet games.A. attracted B. being attracted
A - is the right answer. But I think the verb should be "addicted".
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