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Keithlaw Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

Using present participle for passive??

Recently I came across a very simple sentence but I could not understand the grammatical structure of it.....

The sentence is: "The noun being replaced is normally understood to be plural and to mean "people" or "things," depending on the overall context of the sentence"

I main question is "being replaced"

I would really like to know if "being" in this sentence is a gerund or present participle?

Could anyone please give me a few more examples?
  

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keithlaw I main question is "being replaced" I would really like to know if "being" in this sentence is a gerund or present participle? Being -was used as a present participle in a passive construction. In this type of sentence pattern, "being" typically connotes a sense of present state.

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  • keithlaw I main question is "being replaced" I would really like to know if "being" in this sentence is a gerund or present participle?
  • Being -was used as a present participle in a passive construction.
  • In this type of sentence pattern, "being" typically connotes a sense of present state.
  • g.
  • The house being built by the pond will be my new home.
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keithlawI main question is "being replaced" I would really like to know if "being" in this sentence is a gerund or present participle?
Being -was used as a present participle in a passive construction. In this type of sentence pattern, "being" typically connotes a sense of present state. e.g. The house being built by the pond will be my new home.
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keithlawI would really like to know if "being" in this sentence is a gerund or present participle?
In traditional grammar, it’s a present participle. The meaning is comparable to The noun that is being replaced…
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