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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

Passive voice

is it correct to say : "The problems have been being solved by Tom for 15 minutes"?
  

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Your sentence is grammatically correct, but it is not particularly natural. People generally would not use such a passive sentence. "

— Yankee

  • Your sentence is grammatically correct, but it is not particularly natural.
  • People generally would not use such a passive sentence.
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Your sentence is grammatically correct, but it is not particularly natural. People generally would not use such a passive sentence. Using the active voice would be far better:

"Tom has been solving the problems for 15 minutes."
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Anonymousis Is it correct to say : "The problems have been being solved by Tom for 15 minutes"?

I'd say it's correct, but a waste of energy!
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