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Lcchang Posted 20 years ago
Grammar
Be Verb
Dear teachers,
Quick questions about Be Verb. Please see the following sentences.
I have been being a nurse for many years. (Is it okay to use a present perfect progressive tense for a Be verb? Why or Why not?)
She is being so angry at him. (I guess this one may be fine, right?)
Please revise them if there is anyhting wrong with their usage.
LCChang
Quick questions about Be Verb. Please see the following sentences.
I have been being a nurse for many years. (Is it okay to use a present perfect progressive tense for a Be verb? Why or Why not?)
She is being so angry at him. (I guess this one may be fine, right?)
Please revise them if there is anyhting wrong with their usage.
LCChang
Top answer
I have been being a nurse for many years. might be correct, but it's exagerated and not really used. Use I have been a nurse for many years.
- I have been being a nurse for many years.
- might be correct, but it's exagerated and not really used.
- Use I have been a nurse for many years.
- instead.
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I have been being a nurse for many years.
might be correct, but it's exagerated and not really used.
Use
I have been a nurse for many years.
instead.
might be correct, but it's exagerated and not really used.
Use
I have been a nurse for many years.
instead.
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You could see similar exagerations in:
He must have been being interviewed.
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[in another forum]
>> He must have been being interviewed.
> And I'll have to ask native English-speakers - would you accept such a
> sentence?
Sure. It could be
He must have been being interviewed.
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[in another forum]
>> He must have been being interviewed.
> And I'll have to ask native English-speakers - would you accept such a
> sentence?
Sure. It could be
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Your first sentence is correctly formed but unfortunately to be is simply never used that way. There is no other reason.
The second sentence is all right. Here is the difference:
You are stupid. (= You are always stupid, your IQ is low.)
You are being stupid. (= Right now you are behaving in a stupid way or saying something stupid although you are normally more intelligent
The second sentence is all right. Here is the difference:
You are stupid. (= You are always stupid, your IQ is low.)
You are being stupid. (= Right now you are behaving in a stupid way or saying something stupid although you are normally more intelligent
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