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Jigneshbharati Posted 8 years ago
Grammar

Being required vs staff required

Bristol Community Health (BCH) provides a range of community services 365 days a year, over a 24 hour period. This may result in staff being required to work a variety of shift patterns.

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Please explain the use of "being required"- the present progressive passive. Why the simple present passive- the staff is required-sounds wrong in the context?

  

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Jigneshbharati Please explain the use of "being required"- the present progressive passive No; it is a non-finite verb. Jigneshbharati . Why the simple present passive- the staff is required-sounds wrong in the context?

  • Jigneshbharati Please explain the use of "being required"- the present progressive passive No; it is a non-finite verb.
  • Jigneshbharati .
  • Why the simple present passive- the staff is required-sounds wrong in the context?
  • It would be wrong in any such structure, since 'is' is a finite verb, and the sentence already has one—'may result'.
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JigneshbharatiPlease explain the use of "being required"- the present progressive passive

No; it is a non-finite verb.

Jigneshbharati. Why the simple present passive- the staff is required-sounds wrong in the context?

It would be wrong in any such structure, since 'is' is a finite verb, and the sentence already has

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