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Luan00 Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Is it present continous?

"All foot measurements are being superseded by metric measurements in the US".I think this sentence is in passive.But I can't understand why the verb "superseded" use at present continous tense
  

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Hello, luan00 Its a ongoing event. foot measurements are only still in use by the US. Other countries are changing or already have changed to the metric system.

  • Hello, luan00 Its a ongoing event.
  • foot measurements are only still in use by the US.
  • Other countries are changing or already have changed to the metric system.
  • So, the metric system is in the process of replacing the foot measuring system.
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Hello, luan00

Its a ongoing event.

foot measurements are only still in use by the US.

Other countries are changing or already have changed to the metric system.

So, the metric system is in the process of replacing the foot measuring system.

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