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Seyfihoca Posted 21 years ago
Grammar

Reduction in relative clauses

.Hello;

........, the apartment is now being rented to a rich foreigner.

A)Being renovated
B)Having been renovated
C)Renovated

Could you please explain me which one is correct ? or all three?

Thank you.


p.s.: by the way, is what I did a good way of asking a question? I mean should I give such options?
  

Top answer

Hello Seyfihoca Yes, it looks a good way of asking questions to me. You can also say which one you think it is, and why, if you want. '); but 'being renovated' suggests that the process of renovation is incomplete.

— MrPedantic

  • Hello Seyfihoca Yes, it looks a good way of asking questions to me.
  • You can also say which one you think it is, and why, if you want.
  • '); but 'being renovated' suggests that the process of renovation is incomplete.
  • This makes it unlikely that the apartment would be rented out to anyone.
  • b) is possible: 'having been renovated' means that the process of renovation is complete.
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Hello Seyfihoca

Yes, it looks a good way of asking questions to me. You can also say which one you think it is, and why, if you want.

To the question:

a) is a little loose, but not grammatically wrong (you could say, for instance, 'Being well situated in the town centre...'); but 'being renovated' suggests that the process of renovation is incomplete. This makes it u
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Seyfihoca.Hello;

........, the apartment is now being rented to a rich foreigner.

A)Being renovated
B)Having been renovated
C)Renovated

Could you please explain me which one is correct ? or all three?
Meeting here is not surprising hocam; I was looking for the same subject.
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0 "Having been renovated" is the correct answer. as it is a way of rewriting "after the apartment has been renovated..." 0-
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0 "being renovated" does not mean the renovation is in progress.02br
00It is progressive in form, is the participle that modifies the subject: apartment, but not in meaning.02br
01font00having been renovated02font00, 01font00being renovated02font00 and 01font0
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01cite10Inchoateknowledge12cite10"being renovated" does not mean the renovation is in progress.12br
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10I agree with all of MrP's comments in the above. I had the same readings for those, before seeing his comments. 0-
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0 c olması lazım:) 0-
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