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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

Sentences

What's the difference between these two?

Am I being punished? Am I punished?
  

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Am I being punished? You are asking why people are giving you the cold shoulder. Am I punished?

— AlpheccaStars

  • Am I being punished?
  • You are asking why people are giving you the cold shoulder.
  • Am I punished?
  • - Not a logical sentence to me.
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Am I being punished? You are asking why people are giving you the cold shoulder.
Am I punished? - Not a logical sentence to me.
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He is punished.

What about this one?
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OK, but you are more likely to see:
He was punished.
He has been punished.
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What's the difference between:

He was punished. and He was being punished. ?
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Also, what's the difference between: He is punished. and He is being punished. ?
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He was punished. The action is finished.

He was being punished. Continuous action in the past. When we arrived at Marta's house, her naughty little boy was being punished for finger painting the family cat.
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in this sentence first one is shows the surety of being punished or second one is about you could be punished...
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He was punished. - He isn't punished anymore?
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kumaranoop in this sentence first one is shows the surety of being punished or second one is about you could be punished...
Hi Kumaranoop;

Welcome to English forums.
But please, if you are going to answer questions, use grammatically correct English.
That includes punctuation as well as valid sentence structure and verb forms.
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AnonymousHe was punished. - He isn't punished anymore?
This punishment is over.
He might be punished in the future.

Why don't you join the Forums? You are posting a lot of questions.
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