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Zemec Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

Explain the rule please?

I don't like being bullied.


Is being here gerund? And why we use passive voice without auxiliary?

  

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zemec Is being here gerund? "Being bullied" is a gerund. " I don't like bullying .

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  • zemec Is being here gerund?
  • "Being bullied" is a gerund.
  • " I don't like bullying .
  • ) I don't like being bullied .
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zemecIs being here gerund?

"Being bullied" is a gerund. It is the passive form of the verb "bully."

I don't like bullying. (I don't do the activity "bullying" because I don't like it.)
I don't like being bullied. (I don't like it when someone bullies me.)

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zemecwhy do we use(the) passive voice without an auxiliary?

'being' is the auxiliary. Any form of 'be' is possible as the auxiliary for the passive voice.

to be bullied; is bullied; was bullied; has been bullied;

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