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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

How to conjugate these phrases?

I really don't understand the following grammar structure even though I have read plenty grammar stuff (participle vs adjective..) in the internet and my old school book:

"to be interested in"
"to be accused of"

When you conjugate these phrases, do you ONLY change the word 'be' or is the whole thing just a simple passive verb contruction?
For example:

"I had been being interested in"
past perfect progressive + adjective (here interested in passive adjective form)

or does the word "interested" belong to the word "be" and signals a passive contruction?
eg. "I had been interested in" = past perfect passive voice

To bring an absurd example:
If interested is just an adjective, the following sentence should be possible, shouldn't it?

"I had been beeing been interested" = past perfect progressive passive voice + adjective

Could someone enlighten me, please. Thank you!
  

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Anonymous "I had been being interested in" It's in the past perfect passive where "interested in" is the past participle of the preposition (phrasal) verb "interest in".

  • Anonymous "I had been being interested in" It's in the past perfect passive where "interested in" is the past participle of the preposition (phrasal) verb "interest in".
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Anonymous"I had been being interested in"
It's in the past perfect passive where "interested in" is the past participle of the preposition (phrasal) verb "interest in".

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