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Jigneshbharati Posted 6 years ago
Grammar

Might have been being

"It might have been being broken by my hammer." I read the above sentence online while searching for participles and participle clauses. How and when do we use "have been being"?
If be remove "being", What would it mean?
  

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Jigneshbharati have been being (+ past participle) have/has been being seen have/has been being taken have/has been being found have/has been being driven This is a rare construction. It's the passive perfect continuous, so you use it when you need to convey something passive, something perfect, and something continuous, all at the same time, and that happens very rarely. In its 'have' form it can be preceded by any modal verb.

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  • Jigneshbharati have been being (+ past participle) have/has been being seen have/has been being taken have/has been being found have/has been being driven This is a rare construction.
  • It's the passive perfect continuous, so you use it when you need to convey something passive, something perfect, and something continuous, all at the same time, and that happens very rarely.
  • In its 'have' form it can be preceded by any modal verb.
  • might have been being done will have been being given should have been being delivered Jigneshbharati If be remove "being", What would it mean?
  • That removes the continuous component.
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Jigneshbharatihave been being (+ past participle)

have/has been being seen
have/has been being taken
have/has been being found
have/has been being driven

This is a rare construction. It's the passive perfect continuous, so you use it when you need to convey something passive, something perfect, and something co

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