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Bmojtaba Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Noun clause

HI

i.e 'Capable of being injured'

I know above sentence is not a complete sentence ant it is a definition in dictionary but i want to know the rule of 'being' & 'injered' in the sentence

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e 'Capable of being injured' I know above sentence is not a complete sentence ant it is a definition in dictionary but i want to know the rule of 'being' & 'injered' in the sentence Thanks In this phrase, " being injured " is a passive gerund, and the object of the preposition of . ) Here is another example of passive gerunds: Being thrown in jail after being stopped by a policeman late at night is not fun at all. Being thrown in jail is a passive gerund phrase that is the subject of the sentence.

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  • e 'Capable of being injured' I know above sentence is not a complete sentence ant it is a definition in dictionary but i want to know the rule of 'being' & 'injered' in the sentence Thanks In this phrase, " being injured " is a passive gerund, and the object of the preposition of .
  • ) Here is another example of passive gerunds: Being thrown in jail after being stopped by a policeman late at night is not fun at all.
  • Being thrown in jail is a passive gerund phrase that is the subject of the sentence.
  • The gerund is based on the verb throw .
  • being stopped by a policeman late at night is a passive gerund phrase that is the object of the preposition after .
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bmojtabaHI

i.e 'Capable of being injured'

I know above sentence is not a complete sentence ant it is a definition in dictionary but i want to know the rule of 'being' & 'injered' in the sentence

Thanks
In this phrase, "being injured" is a passive gerund, and the object of the preposition of. (The gerund is based on the
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passive gerund has always being+p.p structure???? and 'being' is gerund here ???
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bmojtabapassive gerund has always being+p.p structure?? and 'being' is gerund here ???
Look at the patterns. The passive voice always has a form of the verb be + the past participle of the main verb:

He injures me. (active voice, present tense)

I am injured by him. (passive voice present tense)

He is injuring
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