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Lcchang Posted 19 years ago
Grammar
Present perfect progressive tense/ passive voice
0 Could any advisor please make a sentence for me using the present perfect progressive tense with a passive vioce? 02 br
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0 Hi, 02 br 02 br 00 I took my car in to the garage a week ago. Every time I call them, they say they are fixing it. 02 br 02 br 00 Best wishes, Clive 0-
- 0 Hi, 02 br 02 br 00 I took my car in to the garage a week ago.
- Every time I call them, they say they are fixing it.
- 02 br 02 br 00 Best wishes, Clive 0-
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0 Hi, 02 br
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00 I took my car in to the garage a week ago. Every time I call them, they say they are fixing it. 02 br
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00 They have been fixing my car for the last week. 02 br
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00 My car 01 b 00 has been being fixed 02 b 00 for the last week. 02 br
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00 I took my car in to the garage a week ago. Every time I call them, they say they are fixing it. 02 br
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00 They have been fixing my car for the last week. 02 br
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00 My car 01 b 00 has been being fixed 02 b 00 for the last week. 02 br
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0 Times are bad. Factories can no longer make a profit unless they lay off employees. At one local factory, 01 i 00 nearly fifty employees have been being laid off 02 i 00 every month. 01 i 02 br
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02 i 00 Over the last three weeks 01 i 00 the maple trees have been being tapped 02 i 00 in preparation for the syrup harvest. 02
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02 i 00 Over the last three weeks 01 i 00 the maple trees have been being tapped 02 i 00 in preparation for the syrup harvest. 02
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CliveI took my car in to the garage a week ago. Every time I call them, they say they are fixing it.
Is it a typo? Can "into" be written as two words?
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Lcchang
Could any advisor please make a sentence for me using the present perfect progressive tense with a passive vioce?
I remember reading in many traditional grammar books that it is incorrect to use these tenses in the passive voice. As they don't seem to bother native speakers' ears, times may be changing! I avoid them, though.
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sitifanCan "into" be written as two words?No. It's not into in that case; it's two words, in and to.
to take a car in is to take it to a repair shop or to the car dealer where you bought it for the purpose of having it repaired or for a check-up. It's a phrasal verb. bring in works the same. garage can be
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