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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
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Be or being ?

Hello. My question is very simple: If I want to thank someone for something, about a action in the past that has just happened, not something that is still happening, which one is right:

Thank you for being sincere.
Thank you for be sincere.
Thank you for had been sincere.

Thanks in advance for any help.
  

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Hi, #1. Not #2 or #3. You could also say 'Thank you for having been sincere', but that sounds like you think the person is not sincere right now.

— Clive

  • Hi, #1.
  • Not #2 or #3.
  • You could also say 'Thank you for having been sincere', but that sounds like you think the person is not sincere right now.
  • Clive
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Hi,

#1. Not #2 or #3.



You could also say 'Thank you for having been sincere', but that sounds like you think the person is not sincere right now.

Clive
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AnonymousHello. My question is very simple: If I want to thank someone for something, about a action in the past that has just happened, not something that is still happening, which one is right:Thank you for being sincere.Thank you for be sincere.Thank you for had been sincere.Thanks in advance for any help.
"Thank you for being sincere".

The other
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CliveHi,#1. Not #2 or #3. You could also say 'Thank you for having been sincere', but that sounds like you think the person is not sincere right now.Clive

Yeah, I was thinking this way, too.
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