Increasingly
Pobedonostsev, the reactionary overprocurator of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church, who had
the ear of the tsar, became increasingly convinced that the organization had no place in a well-ordered state.
Should it not be " was becoing increasingly convinced" cause increasingly means more and more and implies a process? Thanks
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Vladv Should it not be " was becoing increasingly convinced" cause increasingly means more and more and implies a process? I see what you mean, but no. We read "become" as an ongoing process even without the progressive.
- Vladv Should it not be " was becoing increasingly convinced" cause increasingly means more and more and implies a process?
- I see what you mean, but no.
- We read "become" as an ongoing process even without the progressive.
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VladvShould it not be " was becoing increasingly convinced" cause increasingly means more and more and implies a process?
I see what you mean, but no. We read "become" as an ongoing process even without the progressive.
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