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MachineTranslation Posted 22 years ago
Grammar

Usage of "be" as a main verb

I am trying to find out all possible usages of "be" as a main verb, and i can't find whether the following usages are correct or not:

She is being good/cooperative
She may be good/cooperative
She has been good/cooperative
She may have been good/cooperative
She may have been being good/cooperative

The template of the above examples would be:
SUBJ + BE AS MAIN VERB + ADJECTIVE

If anybody can help me out, please do... I'm most doubtful about the last two sentences...

Thanks
  

Top answer

Those are all fine. You could also have a past tense version of the first and third sentences. Of course, there is also just She is/was good/cooperative.

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  • Those are all fine.
  • You could also have a past tense version of the first and third sentences.
  • Of course, there is also just She is/was good/cooperative.
  • Also, with phrasal modals: She is going to be good.
  • She has to be good.
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Those are all fine. You could also have a past tense version of the first and third sentences. Of
course, there is also just She is/was good/cooperative. Also, with phrasal modals:
She is going to be good.
She has to be good.
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Thankyou for the response. However, i was wondering if there would be any reference to a book or article to confirm the presented opinions. But if you are a native speaker of English then i can take this opinion to be a valid one anyway.

I appreciate your cooperation.

Regards
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Hi,
Yes, I'm a native speaker and teacher of grammar. Any grammar book will have this kind of information.
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hi me also so much confused about the word to be specially its usages could you please help me .
in a first sentence; the person asked about the verb to be ,and he is using it with a "is" is it possible besides the subject, we could use being.
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