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Khai Tran Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

Has been improved or has been improve?

So when I say "my math skill has been improved", is that correct? I thought we only use have/has with past participle. In this case isn't "been" and "improved" both are past participles? I know this sentence is right but just wanting to know why.

For example:
"I stopped listening because it was the worst music my ears had ever been tortured with." Is this sentence correct?

Thanks.
  

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Have/has are used with the past participle of the main verb (here, been ); improved is the past participle of another verb, acting as an adjective. Your last example is correct as well.

— Philip

  • Have/has are used with the past participle of the main verb (here, been ); improved is the past participle of another verb, acting as an adjective.
  • Your last example is correct as well.
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Have/has are used with the past participle of the main verb (here, been); improved is the past participle of another verb, acting as an adjective. Your last example is correct as well.
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so when has been/had been are used, do we always use the past participle of the following verb?

i.e. "This house had been rebuilt before we moved in" or "I have been finished with my homework"
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Khai Transo when has been/had been are used, do we always use the past participle of the following verb?
Only if your sentence is intended to be passive.
Khai Tran "This house had been rebuilt before we moved in" or

"I
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Khai TranI thought we only use have/has with past participle
No.

have/has/had are used with the past participle to form the perfect tenses.
be/am/is/are/was/were/been are used with the past participle to form the passive tenses.

So there are two auxiliaries that can go with the past participle, not just one.

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Thank you so much CalifJim! It makes a lot of sense now!
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I just want to make sure: " I have been finished with my homework" would be passive right?
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Khai TranI just want to make sure: " I have been finished with my homework" would be passive right?
No. I deliberately ignored that one because it doesn't follow the same pattern.

'finished' can't be part of a passive construction there because 'I have been finished' would mean that someone had finished you, which doesn't make a lot of sense.
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