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Akdom Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
Policies BEING espoused (tense question)
Please tell me if I explain these tenses correctly:
"We have been worried by the policies being espoused by politicians."
[Present Progressive][passive]
'being' means it's happening presently; so the politicians started to gradually adopting the policies now.
"We have been worried by the policies espoused by politicians."
[Past Simple][passive?]
politicians have already adopted the policies.
I'm not sure if this is a "Passive Voice." If is, where is the "BE" form ?
We have been worried by the polices probably would be espoused by politicians in next sumit.
[Future Simple][passive]
worring about the polices which they are going to adopt in the future.
"We have been worried by the policies being espoused by politicians."
[Present Progressive][passive]
'being' means it's happening presently; so the politicians started to gradually adopting the policies now.
"We have been worried by the policies espoused by politicians."
[Past Simple][passive?]
politicians have already adopted the policies.
I'm not sure if this is a "Passive Voice." If is, where is the "BE" form ?
We have been worried by the polices probably would be espoused by politicians in next sumit.
[Future Simple][passive]
worring about the polices which they are going to adopt in the future.
Top answer
The first is OK, although it says nothing about 'gradually'. e. referring to any time.
- The first is OK, although it says nothing about 'gradually'.
- e.
- referring to any time.
- The third refers to policies which may be espoused in the future, not 'going to be'.
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The first is OK, although it says nothing about 'gradually'.
The second is more likely a shortened form of 'that are espoused', which is timeless, i.e. referring to any time.
The third refers to policies which may be espoused in the future, not 'going to be'.
The second is more likely a shortened form of 'that are espoused', which is timeless, i.e. referring to any time.
The third refers to policies which may be espoused in the future, not 'going to be'.
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