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Flowersa Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary

Being won

Hi guys can you explain what is "being won"?

"While Israel is forced, today, to defend its innocent civilians against hundreds of rockets in the non-stop war perpetrated by HAMAS, another HAMAS war is being won in America with the help of Barack Obama."
  

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It means the Hamas is presently winning the war. "Is being won" is present progressive tense in passive form.

— Vsuresh

  • It means the Hamas is presently winning the war.
  • "Is being won" is present progressive tense in passive form.
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It means the Hamas is presently winning the war.
"Is being won" is present progressive tense in passive form.
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