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The ceiling has been being painted???

0 I know that we use Present Perfect Continuous in passive voice rarely, nevertheless the majority grammar books says that it can be used. When? In what type of senstences? 02br
00Can i change "I have been painting the ceiling" into passive?Thank you in advance05000 by the way, do we say " thank you in advance", because now I'm not sure:)010id1
  

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0 Hello Guest 02br 02br 00I'm a learner from Japan. 02br 02br 00To me your sentence seems to be a good example for Passive of Present Perfect Continuous. 02br 02br 02br 00paco 0-

— Paco2004

  • 0 Hello Guest 02br 02br 00I'm a learner from Japan.
  • 02br 02br 00To me your sentence seems to be a good example for Passive of Present Perfect Continuous.
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0 Hello Guest 02br
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00I'm a learner from Japan. 02br
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00To me your sentence seems to be a good example for Passive of Present Perfect Continuous. 02br
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0 The ceiling has been being painted. 02br
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00I know that we use Present Perfect Continuous in passive voice rarely, nevertheless the majority grammar books says that it can be used. When? In what type of sentences? 02br
00Can i change "I have been painting the ceiling" into passive? 02br
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00RH: While the structure may be possible, it
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0 The only context I can think of for this construction is something like this: 02br
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00"The museum is closed. The ceiling is being painted." 02br
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00"The ceiling has been 'being painted' for six weeks now. How long is it going to take??!!" 02br
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00It's a very awkward construction, and would only be used in a very self-con
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0 Yes, you can change "I have been painting the ceiling" into the passive - "The ceiling has been being painted by me". But in so doing you would simply be practicing a mindless exercise, because (except in some unusual circumstances, as described by khoff) nobody talks that way! 02br
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00The particular tense structure you are aiming at is more comfortably used, on the ve
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0 TRASK R.L., Mind the Gaffe. [url="05000"]The Penguin Guide to Common Errors in English[/url], (Penguin Books), 2001. 02br
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00The perfect progressive passive is illustrated by the following example: 02br
0100My house has been being painted for two week
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0 I'd say that Mr Trask is mistaken. A specific search for, "My house has been being" brings up only one hit and that is Mr Trask and this example. That's not a terrific confirmation. 02br
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00In these situations we tend to use the impersonal 'they'. 02br
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00They've been painting my house for two weeks now. 02br
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00He's right
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0 It looks strange and ungainly when written. But 'it's been being' and 'he's been being' google fairly respectably. The context khoff points up seems quite a natural place for it. 02br
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It is not as cold as it has been being.
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It has been being a good opportunity to improve my english.

Wrong?

It has been a good opportunity to improve my english.

Probably is the correct one but, for me, it feels like something is missing.

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