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Mirmohamad Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
"Being given"
Hi There;
At the sentence below I couldn't understand about the tense and grammar that have been used for that, I didn't get it at all !!!
"Some who saw their conductor being given a lecture in less than royal language weren't happy"
Why "being Given" ?!!
At the sentence below I couldn't understand about the tense and grammar that have been used for that, I didn't get it at all !!!
"Some who saw their conductor being given a lecture in less than royal language weren't happy"
Why "being Given" ?!!
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Past continuous passive. Active: someone was giving the conductor a lecture Passive: the conductor was being given a lecture (by someone) In the pattern "see someone doing something", the "was" is dropped. They saw someone giving the conductor a lecture.
- Past continuous passive.
- Active: someone was giving the conductor a lecture Passive: the conductor was being given a lecture (by someone) In the pattern "see someone doing something", the "was" is dropped.
- They saw someone giving the conductor a lecture.
- They saw the conductor being given a lecture (by someone).
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Past continuous passive.
Active: someone was giving the conductor a lecture
Passive: the conductor was being given a lecture (by someone)
In the pattern "see someone doing something", the "was" is dropped.
They saw someone giving the conductor a lecture.
They saw the conductor being given a lecture (by someone).
Active: someone was giving the conductor a lecture
Passive: the conductor was being given a lecture (by someone)
In the pattern "see someone doing something", the "was" is dropped.
They saw someone giving the conductor a lecture.
They saw the conductor being given a lecture (by someone).
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Couldn't it be present perfect passive?!!
some who saw their conductor have been being given a lecture in less than royal
language weren't happy
some who saw their conductor have been being given a lecture in less than royal
language weren't happy
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mirmohamadCouldn't it be present perfect passive?!!some who saw their conductor have been being given a lecture in less than royallanguage weren't happy"their conductor has been being given a lecture" is theoretically possible in a context where present perfect is appropriate, but in practice it is very ugly and should be avoided.
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Thank You so much... .
The reason of using "Have" instead of "Has" was sometimes I see using for example "It" with "Have";
It must have ... .
Is it correct or not?
The reason of using "Have" instead of "Has" was sometimes I see using for example "It" with "Have";
It must have ... .
Is it correct or not?
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mirmohamadThank You so much... .The reason of using "Have" instead of "Has" was sometimes I see using for example "It" with "Have";It must have ... .Is it correct or not?These are different grammatical situations.
In "their conductor has been being given a lecture", the verb "have" must inflect to agree with singular "conductor", so it becomes
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