Has been hit?
The newspaper reads - 'A person has been hit by a train at the railway station, causing disruption...'
I am confused how the process of hitting could be a continuous one as the tense is present continuous there, though I know that the indirect speech of 'A train has hit a person.' is, 'A person has been hit by a train', if I am not wrong.
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It is not continuous, and it is not indirect speech. The sentence is in the present perfect simple, and it is in the passive voice. A train has hit a person.
- It is not continuous, and it is not indirect speech.
- The sentence is in the present perfect simple, and it is in the passive voice.
- A train has hit a person.
- [ active ] A person has been hit by a train.
- [ passive ]
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It is not continuous, and it is not indirect speech.
The sentence is in the present perfect simple, and it is in the passive voice.
A train has hit a person. [ active ]
A person has been hit by a train. [ passive ]
0BulbulTadaI am confused how the process of hitting could be a continuous one as the tense is present continuous
There is no need for confusion here.
The train has hit the person and it led to disruption in the running of the trains in that region probably for a while.
BulbulTadathough I know that the indirect speech
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