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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

Be used to - tenses?

which tenses are usable with the grammar construction "(to) be used to"
Could you actually say: "I'am being used to spiders right now, because your presenence makes me feel comfortable"
or "I have been being used to spiders"
and can you use the passive voice, like:
"I have been been used to spiders by your help" (sounds weird...)

Thank you!
  

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Anonymous Could you actually say: "I'am being used to spiders No. The most commonly used tenses for this idiom are the present and the simple past. The continuous forms are not available in any tense, so no -ing s.

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  • Anonymous Could you actually say: "I'am being used to spiders No.
  • The most commonly used tenses for this idiom are the present and the simple past.
  • The continuous forms are not available in any tense, so no -ing s.
  • And there is no passive form.
  • I am used to spiders.
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AnonymousCould you actually say: "I'am being used to spiders
No. The most commonly used tenses for this idiom are the present and the simple past. The continuous forms are not available in any tense, so no -ings. And there is no passive form.

I am used to spiders.
I was used to spiders.

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Hmm. I actually found the construction "I'am getting used to spiders" in the internet - this can't be correct since there are no ing-forms allowed or do you use "get" differently? (I assumed that you can say "I am being used to spiders" when "getting" is okay)

Thank you
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AnonymousI assumed that you can say "I am being used to spiders" when "getting" is okay
No. getting is OK. being is not OK.
AnonymousI actually found the construction "I'am getting used to spiders" in the internet - this can't be correct since there are no ing-forms allowed
I was referring to the possibilitie
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