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Bird Of Paradise Posted 19 years ago
Grammar
Future continuous tense into passive voice?
0 I have read in many grammar books that a sentence of future continuous tense cannot be changed into passive voice. For example: 01 b 00 You will be writting a letter 02 b 00 . According to the rules which i have read this sentence cannot be changed into passive voice. 02 br
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00 I just want to know that is this an authentic rule or not? 02 br
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0 You mean we can't say: 02 br
00 A letter will be being written by you. 02 br
02 br
00 Double 'be' looks odd but, is this wrong ? 02 br
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00 A letter will be being written by you. 02 br
02 br
00 Double 'be' looks odd but, is this wrong ? 02 br
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0 The passive would be: 01 i 02 br
02 br
00 *The letter 01 font 00 will/would be being written 02 font 00 by you. 02 i 02 br
02 br
00 which doesn't work, see: 02 br
02 br
01 h3 00 -------- 02 br
00 01 h3
02 br
00 *The letter 01 font 00 will/would be being written 02 font 00 by you. 02 i 02 br
02 br
00 which doesn't work, see: 02 br
02 br
01 h3
00 -------- 02 br
02 h3
00 01 h3 00 AND REMEMBER Non-Continuous Verbs / Mixed Verbs
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0 Hi guys, 02 br
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01 font 00 A letter will be being written by you. 02 font 02 br
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01 font 00 Grammatically, this is fine. 'Write' is not a non-continuous verb, and 'be' is just used here to form the auxiliary. 02 font 02 br
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01 font 00 Semantica
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01 font 00 A letter will be being written by you. 02 font 02 br
02 br
01 font 00 Grammatically, this is fine. 'Write' is not a non-continuous verb, and 'be' is just used here to form the auxiliary. 02 font 02 br
02 br
01 font 00 Semantica
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0 Found this great article at the BBC Learning English site: 02 br
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02 br
01 table 01 tr
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02 br
01 table
| 02 br 00 Generally, 01 font 00 we 01 b 00 avoid 02 b 00 using the 01 b 00 continuous 02 b 00 form of the |
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0 The above being said, such continuous future passive constructions may be found at the BBC sites:-)). 02 br
02 br
00 Thus, I wouldn't talk about a strict rule being in effect in this case. 02 br
02 br
01 h2 01 tr
02 br
00 Thus, I wouldn't talk about a strict rule being in effect in this case. 02 br
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01 h2
05 0 02 h2
01 table| 00 Levy could be as guilty as si |
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0 Another quote, from fiction this time: 02 br
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01 i 00 My client's ship on the other hand will be belching more fire than smoke and 01 b 00 will be being attacked 02 b 00 by all the enemy at once. 02 i 02 br
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00 William Golding, Rites of Passage, p. 172 02 br
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01 i 00 My client's ship on the other hand will be belching more fire than smoke and 01 b 00 will be being attacked 02 b 00 by all the enemy at once. 02 i 02 br
02 br
00 William Golding, Rites of Passage, p. 172 02 br
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Hi,
Please take the time to read the earlier posts in this thread, and you will find your answer.
Clive
Please take the time to read the earlier posts in this thread, and you will find your answer.
Clive
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The verb "attack' in the example sentence from the past posting is in passive voice.
My client's ship on the other hand will be belching more fire than smoke and will be being attacked by all the enemy at once.
My client's ship on the other hand will be belching more fire than smoke and will be being attacked by all the enemy at once.
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qoute from the same web site :
http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/futurecontinuous.html
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ACTIVE / PASSIVE
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