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Guyper Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Continuous tenses in Passive voice

1. "Right now, the letter is being written by Tom"
2. "The customer was being helped by the salesman when the thief came into the store"
3. "Recently, the work has been being done by John"
4. "The restaurant's fantastic dinners had been being prepared by Chef Jones for two years before he moved to Paris"
5. "The mural will have been being painted by the famous artist for over six months by the time it is finished"

Hi, I'd like to know how many of those different continuous tenses are no longer used by modern native speakers when it comes to passive voice.

Thank you
  

Top answer

Hi, You are unlikely to hear 3, 4, 5. Clive

— Clive

  • Hi, You are unlikely to hear 3, 4, 5.
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Hi,

You are unlikely to hear 3, 4, 5.

Clive
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Hi.

As Clive explained. Perfect continuous tenses are not expressed in passive as you did.

If you want to change perfect continuous sentences into passive, you have to express them in the same way you do for simple perfect ones.

Ex. I have been washing my car. My car has been washed.

Regards
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what about ( he will be drinking milk.)
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hrsaneiAs Clive explained. Perfect continuous tenses are not expressed in passive as you did.
He didn't say that. He said we are unlikely too hear them.

They can be, and are, used, but not often.
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Anonymouswhat about ( he will be drinking milk.)
Why would anybody want to express that other than in the active voice?
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