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Carter Lee Posted 10 years ago
Grammar
I'm confusing about "She has been ill since 1 hours ago"
Hi.
As I know there are some forms to expression like present perfect.
but I wondering that is this possible to write like " she has been ill ~" not "she has been illing ~"?
As I know there are some forms to expression like present perfect.
but I wondering that is this possible to write like " she has been ill ~" not "she has been illing ~"?
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"She has been ill" is correct. "ill" is an adjective. "She has been illing" is incorrect.
- "She has been ill" is correct.
- "ill" is an adjective.
- "She has been illing" is incorrect.
- There is no word "illing" in standard English.
- There is no verb "to ill" in standard English.
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"She has been ill" is correct. "ill" is an adjective.
"She has been illing" is incorrect. There is no word "illing" in standard English. There is no verb "to ill" in standard English. (There is a verb "to ail", but it is not very common in everyday language.)
"She has been ill since 1 hours ago" is incorrect. These are correct:
She has been ill for an/one hour.
"She has been illing" is incorrect. There is no word "illing" in standard English. There is no verb "to ill" in standard English. (There is a verb "to ail", but it is not very common in everyday language.)
"She has been ill since 1 hours ago" is incorrect. These are correct:
She has been ill for an/one hour.
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