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Carter Lee Posted 8 years ago
Grammar

Regarding abbrebiation

Dear All,


I came across one sentnece when I googling.

"She's been studying new fathers and spoke about her research on the BBC's Woman's Hour programme."

We can see what there was used abbriviation "She's been studying".

I think it supposed to think as "subject + has + been + ~ing" but I'm not sure.

One more, Can I use "subject + has + been + ~ed"? I mean it's too hard to see in normal atmosphere. most of people don't use in normally I think.

  

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Consider these two simpler examples of the two structures you are asking about.. She has (or She's ) been studying history. (active voice) History has been studied by her.

— Clive

  • Consider these two simpler examples of the two structures you are asking about..
  • She has (or She's ) been studying history.
  • (active voice) History has been studied by her.
  • (passive voice)
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Consider these two simpler examples of the two structures you are asking about..

She has (or She's) been studying history. (active voice)

History has been studied by her. (passive voice)

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Carter LeeWe can see what there was used abbriviation "She's been studying".

This is a contraction, not abbreviation.

Abbreviation = a short form of a word or words ending in a period (.)

Dr. = Doctor
St. = street
Mr. = Mister
Apt. = apartment

Contraction: The apostrophe (') is used in place of missing letters.

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