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Olive scarf 445 Posted 7 years ago
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I heard this on the news recently: "A man is being killed...". Shouldn't it be: " A man was killed....". ? I am confused.

  

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". ". Not necessarily.

— CalifJim

  • ".
  • ".
  • Not necessarily.
  • Maybe he is going to be killed in the future.
  • We can use A man is being killed for that idea.
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olive scarf 445

I heard this on the news recently: "A man is being killed...". Shouldn't it be: " A man was killed....". ?

Not necessarily. Maybe he is going to be killed in the future. We can use A man is being killed for that idea.

CJ

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