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Grammar
The pain being experienced
Foreign invested enterprises remain committed to and confident about investing in Vietnam despite the pain being experienced by their parent companies.
Source: "Local focus", talk Vietnam.
Is there a way to figure out the time (present or past) of the action "being experienced" here?
What does it mean?
"the pain being experienced"
1. the pain that is experienced
2. the pain that is being experienced
3. the pain that was experienced
4. the pain that was being experienced
5. the pain that has been experienced
6. the pain that has been being experienced
Source: "Local focus", talk Vietnam.
Is there a way to figure out the time (present or past) of the action "being experienced" here?
What does it mean?
"the pain being experienced"
1. the pain that is experienced
2. the pain that is being experienced
3. the pain that was experienced
4. the pain that was being experienced
5. the pain that has been experienced
6. the pain that has been being experienced
Top answer
We know that it means "despite the pain that is being experienced" because of the appearance of the word "being" and the tense of "remain". If the sentence was talking about a past situation, and "remain" was "remained", then it would mean "despite the pain that was being experienced". "has been being experienced" is ugly and hardly viable.
- We know that it means "despite the pain that is being experienced" because of the appearance of the word "being" and the tense of "remain".
- If the sentence was talking about a past situation, and "remain" was "remained", then it would mean "despite the pain that was being experienced".
- "has been being experienced" is ugly and hardly viable.
- However, in "Foreign invested enterprises have remained committed ...
- " I think I would understand a meaning similar to that, but without the awkwardness of the explicit use of that form.
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We know that it means "despite the pain that is being experienced" because of the appearance of the word "being" and the tense of "remain". If the sentence was talking about a past situation, and "remain" was "remained", then it would mean "despite the pain that was being experienced".
"has been being experienced" is ugly and hardly viable. However, in "Foreign
"has been being experienced" is ugly and hardly viable. However, in "Foreign
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