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EyeSeeYou Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

PASSIVE VOICE with Present Perfect Continuous

Joe has been kicking that ball for the past 5 years.

How would you turn it into Passive Voice?

I'd say: The ball has been kicked by Joe for the past 5 years.
  

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Or maybe "that ball has been..."?
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Lol. Yes, you're right. A little mistake.

My point is if there's other way to do this to emphasize the continuous form found in active voice.
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Or:
Soccer ***** have been kicked by Joe for the past 5 years.
In one place or another, a soccer ball has been kicked by Joe for the past 5 years.
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EyeSeeYouJoe has been kicking that ball for the past 5 years.
EyeSeeYouThe ball has been kicked by Joe for the past 5 years.
Not quite.
That ball has been being kicked by Joe for the past five years.
CJ
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CJ, isn't this very similar to my question. It sounds like Joe has been continuously kicking the ball for the past 5 years.
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CJ: That's what I wanted to know, if that form existed. Sounds odd, though.
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EyeSeeYouJoe has been kicking that ball for the past 5 years.

How would you turn it into Passive Voice?

The continuous perfect is incorrect in the passive. In other words, your sentence cannot be changed into the passive.
CB
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Cool Breeze
The continuous perfect is incorrect in the passive. In other words, your sentence cannot be changed into the passive.

CB

But -- CJ just did it. I would say it doesn't sound very natural in the passive, but what's "incorrect" about CJ's version? (That ball has been being kicked by Joe for the past five years)
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New2grammarIt sounds like Joe has been continuously kicking the ball for the past 5 years.
Not any more than the active form says so. Joe has been kicking that ball for the past five years.Transforming a silly active into a passive is not going to de-sillify it!
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desillify... That's new to me. Thanks, CJ. Emotion: smile

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