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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
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Have been + past participial ?

What does a have been + past participal mean ? I saw it on a report today.

We have been forced now to seek legal intervention to go into court to have a judge compel the Department of Health to turn over this information
  

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It is the present perfect passive. (This post has been edited to recitify a mistake). Here is a link.

  • It is the present perfect passive.
  • (This post has been edited to recitify a mistake).
  • Here is a link.
  • cfm/present-perfect-passive-of-english-verbs (Thanks again, Tanit)
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It is the present perfect passive. (This post has been edited to recitify a mistake).

Here is a link. http://languagestudy.suite101.com/article.cfm/present-perfect-

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