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Anonymous Posted 5 years ago
Grammar

Is helped/Is being helped

Hi. Two questions to this sentence:

Jenna is (being) helped out of the bathroom by a nurse as/when the door into the room opens and Max steps in.

1. Which of "is helped" or "is being helped" is more correct if you could say that?

2. Should it be "as" or "when"?

  

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anonymous 1. Which of "is helped" or "is being helped" is more correct if you could say that? I'd say "is being helped" to indicate that the action is in progress.

— CalifJim

  • anonymous 1.
  • Which of "is helped" or "is being helped" is more correct if you could say that?
  • I'd say "is being helped" to indicate that the action is in progress.
  • anonymous 2.
  • Should it be "as" or "when"?
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anonymous1. Which of "is helped" or "is being helped" is more correct if you could say that?

I'd say "is being helped" to indicate that the action is in progress.

anonymous2. Should it be "as" or "when"?

I'd say "when" because it seems like an interrupting event is occurring, not two simultaneously occurring activi

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