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Anon f8r Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

Being

He was just being honest.
He was being able to stop them.

Are these two sentences grammatically correct?
  

Top answer

Hi, He was just being honest. Yes. He was acting or speaking in a way that showed he was honest .

— Clive

  • Hi, He was just being honest.
  • Yes.
  • He was acting or speaking in a way that showed he was honest .
  • He was being able to stop them .
  • This is not incorrect grammar, but it is unlikely to be said by a native speaker.
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Hi,

He was just being honest. Yes. He was acting or speaking in a way that showed he was honest
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He was being able to stop them. This is not incorrect grammar, but it is unlikely to be said by a native speaker. How do you act in a
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