Perfect Progressive Tense for Be Verb

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Clive · Accepted Answer

0Hi,02br
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01font00I've rarely seen grammar books that give sentence examples of using "Perfect Progressive" tense for Be Verb. Is that because they don't exist? Please advise.02font00 They exist, but you need a context in which they make sense.02br
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01font00Be verb in Present Perfect Progressive tense 02font02br
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01font00Be verb in Past Perfect Progressive tense 02font02br
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01font00Be verb in Future Perfect Progressive tense02font02li

00He has been being.02i

00He had been being.02i

00He will have been being.02i

00 has been being02i

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Lcchang · Answer

0 Please could you take a look for me? I just made them up by myself. 02br
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01font00The room has been being freezing since its air conditioning went out of order.02font02br
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01font00As he entered the classroom, the students had been being noisy for quite a while.02font02br
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01font00In February, I will have been being in the same position in this company since I started work there.02font02br
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00To me, it doesn't make any difference to make these sentences by using prefect tense in stead of perfect progressive tense.02br
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00Please advise.0-

Clive · Answer

0Hi,02br
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01font00Please could you take a look for me? I just made them up by myself. 02font02br
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01font00The room has been being freezing since its air conditioning went out of order.02font02br
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00The room has been freezing since its air conditioning went out of order.02br
02br
01font00As he entered the classroom, the students had been being noisy for quite a while.02font02br
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00It's acceptable, but better is 'When he entered the classroom, the students had been noisy for quite a while'.02br
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01font00In February, I will have been being in the same position in this company since I started work there.02font02br
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00In February, I will have been in the same position in this company for a year.02br
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01font00To me, it doesn't make any difference to make these sentences by using prefect tense in stead of perfect progressive tense00 The difference is that non-progressive is better here and much less clumsy than progressive. My advice is not too worry too much about using perfect progressive, subject to what I said in my original post.02font02br
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00Best wishes, Clive0-

Lcchang · Answer

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01cite10Clive12cite10Hi,12br
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11font10Please could you take a look for me? I just made them up by myself. 12font12br
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11font10The room has been being freezing since its air conditioning went out of order.12font12br
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10The room has been freezing since its air conditioning went out of order.12br
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11font10As he entered the classroom, the students had been being noisy for quite a while.12font12br
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10It's acceptable, but better is 'When he entered the classroom, the students had been noisy for quite a while'.12br
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11font10In February, I will have been being in the same position in this company since I started work there.12font12br
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10In February, I will have been in the same position in this company for a year.12br
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11font10To me, it doesn't make any difference to make these sentences by using prefect tense in stead of perfect progressive tense10 The difference is that non-progressive is better here and much less clumsy than progressive. My advice is not too worry too much about using perfect progressive, subject to what I said in my original post.12font12br
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10Best wishes, Clive12br
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10I see why most grammar books don't mention it now. Thanks.0-

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