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Sft M Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

presenr continuous passive.

"No matter how carefully I choose my words, they'll always end up being twisted by others".

Is that sentence correct? According to the rule of passive voice "is twisted" would be "are being twisted", then is it sometimes correct to exclude the auxiliary verb "are/is/was/were" from the passive voice in case of necessity of the situation?
  

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sft M Is that sentence correct? Yes, but the "problem" you see is not really a problem. "end up" is a catenative verb that takes the -ing form of a verb to complete it.

— CalifJim

  • sft M Is that sentence correct?
  • Yes, but the "problem" you see is not really a problem.
  • "end up" is a catenative verb that takes the -ing form of a verb to complete it.
  • end up knowing the truth end up being caught for stealing end up being twisted by others end up doing the whole thing over again end up liking anchovies CJ
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sft MIs that sentence correct?
Yes, but the "problem" you see is not really a problem. "end up" is a catenative verb that takes the -ing form of a verb to complete it.

end up knowing the truth
end up being caught for stealing
end up being twisted by others
end up doing the whole thing over again
end up liking anchovies

CJ
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