The use of 'happen'?
Here is a sentence from a story in Reader's Digest.
Something strange and explicable has been happening all of Craig and Brenton Gurney's lives.
In the sentence, I am confused with the use of the verb 'happening'.
Please explain it to me.
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Subject: "something strange and explicable" Verb: has been happening Adverb: "all of Craig and Brenton Gurney's lives" Anonymous In the sentence, I am confused with the use of the verb 'happening'. It's the present participle form of the verb 'happen'. The tense of the sentence is 'present perfect continues'.
- Subject: "something strange and explicable" Verb: has been happening Adverb: "all of Craig and Brenton Gurney's lives" Anonymous In the sentence, I am confused with the use of the verb 'happening'.
- It's the present participle form of the verb 'happen'.
- The tense of the sentence is 'present perfect continues'.
- Craig and Brenton Gurney are still alive, and something strange and explicable has been happening throughout their lives (happened in the past and still happens).
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Subject: "something strange and explicable"
Verb: has been happening
Adverb: "all of Craig and Brenton Gurney's lives"
AnonymousIn the sentence, I am confused with the use of the verb 'happening'.
It's the present participle form of the verb 'happen'.
The tense of the sentence is 'present perfect continues'.
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