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Sb70012 Posted 10 years ago
Grammar
Being reached a coffee shop
Where did you stop on your way to Paris?
Well, …… a coffee shop, we stopped for a cup of coffee.
a) being reached
b) having reached (Answer Key)
c) to reach
d) reached
Source: school exam
Hi,
Why can't A also work? Maybe they have stopped suddenly while moving. This is my analysis for A.
Would you please ell me why A can not work?
I asked this question in http://forum.wordreference.com/threads/well-being-reached-having-reached-a-coffee-shop-we-stopped-for-a-cup-of-coffee.3223200/ too: two native English speakers said that option A (being reached) can't be imagined. But why can't it be imagined? I want to know how you interpret option A that it can't be imagined.
Thank you.
Well, …… a coffee shop, we stopped for a cup of coffee.
a) being reached
b) having reached (Answer Key)
c) to reach
d) reached
Source: school exam
Hi,
Why can't A also work? Maybe they have stopped suddenly while moving. This is my analysis for A.
Would you please ell me why A can not work?
I asked this question in http://forum.wordreference.com/threads/well-being-reached-having-reached-a-coffee-shop-we-stopped-for-a-cup-of-coffee.3223200/ too: two native English speakers said that option A (being reached) can't be imagined. But why can't it be imagined? I want to know how you interpret option A that it can't be imagined.
Thank you.
Top answer
sb70012 Why can't A also work? Oof! It is: We have reached a coffee shop.
- sb70012 Why can't A also work?
- Oof!
- It is: We have reached a coffee shop.
- , we ...
- Not: We are reached a coffee shop.
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sb70012Why can't A also work?Oof!
It is: We have reached a coffee shop. > Having reached a ..., we ...
Not: We are reached a coffee shop. > Being reached a ..., we ...
So A is impossible. It has a form of be (are, which becomes being), which is not the proper auxiliary.
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