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Juanpsa Posted 5 years ago
Grammar

Passive Modal Perfect Continuous

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Could anyone please tell me how to use "Passive Modal Perfect Continuous"? I've been looking it up, but I have not found any piece of information yet.

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juanpsa Passive Modal Perfect Continuous In short, it's not used, or, if it is, it is so rare that it's hard to find an example except in grammar books which show the conjugation pattern of that mostly theoretical tense. MODAL VERB + have been being + PAST PARTICIPLE After some searching I did find a few examples: They were concerned that their communications might have been being monitored . There seemed to be nothing happening - not even in the kitchen, where dinner should certainly have been being prepared .

  • juanpsa Passive Modal Perfect Continuous In short, it's not used, or, if it is, it is so rare that it's hard to find an example except in grammar books which show the conjugation pattern of that mostly theoretical tense.
  • MODAL VERB + have been being + PAST PARTICIPLE After some searching I did find a few examples: They were concerned that their communications might have been being monitored .
  • There seemed to be nothing happening - not even in the kitchen, where dinner should certainly have been being prepared .
  • The pre-publication copies must have been being printed before 1615, probably in the year before.
  • I hope you're not spending a lot of time on this topic, because in all probability you will never need to use these tenses in speech or writing.
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juanpsaPassive Modal Perfect Continuous

In short, it's not used, or, if it is, it is so rare that it's hard to find an example except in grammar books which show the conjugation pattern of that mostly theoretical tense.

MODAL VERB + have been being + PAST PARTICIPLE

After some searching I did find a few

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