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Pter Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

I am often being warned about ...

0I came across the above sentence in a book for teaching children. The sentence is followed by some boxes and the children are asked to fill in things for those they often get warnings from parents and teachers, e.g. not handing in homework.02br
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02br 02br 00(I always hesitate to use "often" in a survey. )0-

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0It's not wrong, but "I often receive warnings about..." would be better.02br
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00(I always hesitate to use "often" in a survey. What's often to one person may be considered infrequent to another.)0-
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0Thanks Barbara. Your sentence certainly sounds better. I am uncomfortable with the usage of "being warned" especially when it is intended for children. It sounds unnecessarily complicated. How about the word "being"? Is it necessary here grammatically? 0-
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00To me, "often being warned about" denotes an on-going problem and on-going warnings - not just one incident. 0-
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01cite10Susankay12cite10To me, "often being warned about" denotes an on-going problem and on-going warnings - not just one incident.12blockquote
10 Yes, this is supposed to be talking about something that happen often and therefore very likely repeatedly! But it already said "often", would "being" then be superfluous
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01cite10Pter12cite10But it already said "often", would "being" then be superfluous?12blockquote
10 No. Grammatically the two go together.02br
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01i00Justin warned me about it yesterday.02i02br
00you wouldn't say that 01i00
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0Thanks Jim. I understand what you are saying. So, are you suggesting that option 1 is actually better than option 2 in the context mentioned above?02br
001. I am often being warned about ....02br
002. I am often warned about ....02br
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00In your example, the "ed" for the past tense of warn does not indicate the exact time
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01cite10Pter12cite10are you suggesting that option 1 is actually better than option 2 in the context mentioned above?12blockquote
10 Yes, I think so.01blockquote
01cite10Pter12cite10Well then, the two words are supplementing each other in providing a full picture.Am I und
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