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Park sang joon Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
The present progressive passive form
The inventor of the ATM, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Shepherd-Barron, at first envisioned a six-digit numeric code for customer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Authentication. His wife however could only remember four digits, which became the most commonly used length.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_identification_number#cite_note-milligan-3
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_9564-1, the international standard for PIN management and security in retail banking, allows for PINs from four up to twelve digits, but also notes that "For usability reasons, an http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_9564#PIN_selection should not exceed six digits in length."http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_identification_number#cite_note-7 Financial PINs are often four-digit numbers, with http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Switzerland being a notable exception with six-digit PINs being given by default. Most ATM and POS software does not support PINs longer than six digits, and many input devices can only accept four digit PINs.
I'd like to know why the present progressive form is used in "PINs being given."
Thank you in advance for your help.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_9564-1, the international standard for PIN management and security in retail banking, allows for PINs from four up to twelve digits, but also notes that "For usability reasons, an http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_9564#PIN_selection should not exceed six digits in length."http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_identification_number#cite_note-7 Financial PINs are often four-digit numbers, with http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Switzerland being a notable exception with six-digit PINs being given by default. Most ATM and POS software does not support PINs longer than six digits, and many input devices can only accept four digit PINs.
I'd like to know why the present progressive form is used in "PINs being given."
Thank you in advance for your help.
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This a gerund rather than a present progressive form. It is basically the same as your other question: "six-digit PINs are given by default" -> "with six-digit PINs being given by default" so as to make a noun phrase that can be the object of "with". This is not the greatest sentence ever written.
- This a gerund rather than a present progressive form.
- It is basically the same as your other question: "six-digit PINs are given by default" -> "with six-digit PINs being given by default" so as to make a noun phrase that can be the object of "with".
- This is not the greatest sentence ever written.
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This a gerund rather than a present progressive form. It is basically the same as your other question:
"six-digit PINs are given by default" -> "with six-digit PINs being given by default"
so as to make a noun phrase that can be the object of "with".
This is not the greatest sentence ever written.
"six-digit PINs are given by default" -> "with six-digit PINs being given by default"
so as to make a noun phrase that can be the object of "with".
This is not the greatest sentence ever written.
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