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User_gary Posted 19 years ago
Grammar
busy
I have been busy with my project.
I think here the word `busy' is verb. Also, I think the sentence is Passive voice.
Am I right?
If wrong please tell me the correct one.
I think here the word `busy' is verb. Also, I think the sentence is Passive voice.
Am I right?
If wrong please tell me the correct one.
Top answer
"Busy" is not a past participle, and you can't have a passive form without a past participle. "Busy" is simply an adjective, and "have been" the present perfect form of "to be".
- "Busy" is not a past participle, and you can't have a passive form without a past participle.
- "Busy" is simply an adjective, and "have been" the present perfect form of "to be".
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"Busy" is not a past participle, and you can't have a passive form without a past participle.
"Busy" is simply an adjective, and "have been" the present perfect form of "to be".
"Busy" is simply an adjective, and "have been" the present perfect form of "to be".
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Pieanne"Busy" is not a past participle, and you can't have a passive form without a past participle.Thank you.
"Busy" is simply an adjective, and "have been" the present perfect form of "to be".
So here, I think
have -- helping verb.
been --- main verb.
Am I right?
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