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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Being

The prize was being given a chance to work at the company. You are being given a warning.

What is the being in here- what is the tense please? Why do we need to use it?
  

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Anonymous You are being given a warning. The tense is progressive, the mood is passive. Verb: give He gives me a warning.

— AlpheccaStars

  • Anonymous You are being given a warning.
  • The tense is progressive, the mood is passive.
  • Verb: give He gives me a warning.
  • (simple present) He is giving me a warning.
  • (present progressive) A warning is given to me.
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AnonymousYou are being given a warning.
The tense is progressive, the mood is passive.

Verb: give

He gives me a warning. (simple present)

He is giving me a warning. (present progressive)

A warning is given to me. (present, passive mood)

I am given a warning. (present, passive mood)

A warning is being g
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AnonymousThe prize was being given a chance to work at the company.
This doesn't make sense.

AnonymousYou are being given a warning.
Present progressive. Passive voice.

We are giving you a warning. (Present progressive)

You are being given a warning. (Same, but in passive voice)
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Sorry, I meant to write voice, not mood in my last post.

Indeed, it does not make any sense for a prize to work at a company!
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AlpheccaStarsIndeed, it does not make any sense for a prize to work at a company!
I couldn't find an appropriate substitute that "prize" could have been a typo for. Anything come to mind?

CJ
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Maybe prize is an adjective. That's the only thing that remotely comes to mind.

The prize candidate/winner ...
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