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ConscientiousStudent Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

being asked

0 "How many people like this is not the point. The point is that the people being asked have no idea whether they want it or not."02br
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00Is the sentense above grammatically correct? If yes, why there is "being asked" and what kind of tense is it?? when should I use this form "being P.P."?? Thank you.0-
  

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02i 00 (present continuous, passive) 0-

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0 It's a passive construction:02br
01i00The point is that the people 01b00(who are)02b00 being asked have no idea whether they want it or not.02i02br
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00Look at these simpler sentences:02br
01i00 Someone is asking people questions.02i00 (present continuous, active) 02br
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0 Thank you. But when the speaker say it, the people has not been asked yet. So why is it in continuous tense??0-
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0 01i00But when the speaker 01font00say02font00 it, the people01font00 has02font00 not been asked yet.02br
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01cite10Yankee12cite10It's a passive construction:12br
11i10The point is that the people 11b10(who are)12b10 being asked have no idea whether they want it or not.12i12br
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10Look at these simpler sentences:12br
11i10 Someone is asking people qu
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0 Hi CS02br
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00"The point is that the people being asked have no idea whether they want it or not."12br
10'Being' is not a gerund in the original sentence. 12br
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10To me the sentence means that someone is currently asking people questions about whether they want something or not, and these people are answering
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0>"The point is that the people being asked have no idea whether they want it or not."02br
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00 the people being asked = the people which are asked02i02br
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0 Hi Coscientious Student (what a long nick, gosh), 02br
00 I think what you are asking has to do with this:02br
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01i01font00There was a man (that was) walking in the middle of the street...02br
00 I don't believe that all the people (that were) questioned didn't see what happened...02br
00 All the pe
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01cite10ConscientiousStudent12cite10Thank you. But when the speaker say it, the people has not been asked yet. So why is it in continuous tense??12br
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10Hi Conscientious,02br
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00Adding to the other's comment, I would like to offer an extra 2 cents.02br
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