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Jigneshbharati Posted 8 years ago
Grammar

Was being; locating

Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (LTHT) knew that a lot of doctors’ time was being wasted locating patients around the Trust

https://www.gs1uk.org/our-industries/news/2018/04/30/leeds-teaching-hospitals-nhs-trust-uses-gs1-standards-to-track-patients


Why have they used past progressive passive "was being wasted"?

Is "locating patients..." a participial phrase explaining "was being wasted"?

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Jigneshbharati Why have they used past progressive passive "was being wasted"? No other tense would have conveyed the meaning that the writer wanted. That tense suggests an on-going situation in the past — during a period of time (rather than at one point in time).

— CalifJim

  • Jigneshbharati Why have they used past progressive passive "was being wasted"?
  • No other tense would have conveyed the meaning that the writer wanted.
  • That tense suggests an on-going situation in the past — during a period of time (rather than at one point in time).
  • " a participial phrase explaining "was being wasted"?
  • Yes.
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JigneshbharatiWhy have they used past progressive passive "was being wasted"?

No other tense would have conveyed the meaning that the writer wanted. That tense suggests an on-going situation in the past — during a period of time (rather than at one point in time).

JigneshbharatiIs "locating patients..." a participial phrase expl
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JigneshbharatiIs "locating patients..." a participial phrase explaining "was being wasted"?

Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (LTHT) knew that a lot of doctors’ time was being wasted locating patients around the Trust.

I'd say that the underlined clause is an adjunct, though I'm not sure what kind. Possibly means, but at best a peripher

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