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Anonymous Posted 8 years ago
Grammar

Being plus past participle

Respected sir,

I want to ask you one question about the following sentence .



1) These are " words being reduced ".


Questions

a) is the above sentence in present continuous form ?

b) Can you elaborate on " words being reduced" used here ?

c) Can you simplify the above sentence ?



Thanks in advance


Yogesh chavan




  

Top answer

anonymous 1) These are " words being reduced ". This sentence is not a good sentence. If I knew what you want to know, I'd make a better sentence for you.

  • anonymous 1) These are " words being reduced ".
  • This sentence is not a good sentence.
  • If I knew what you want to know, I'd make a better sentence for you.
  • I can tell you that the sentence does not use the present continuous tense.
  • "words being reduced" is a noun phrase.
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anonymous1) These are " words being reduced ".

This sentence is not a good sentence. If I knew what you want to know, I'd make a better sentence for you.

I can tell you that the sentence does not use the present continuous tense.

"words being reduced" is a noun phrase. It contains the noun "words" and the modifying phrase "being reduced".

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