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Catull Posted 10 years ago
Grammar
Weird sentence structure?
"He is going to be being polite"
I know that this phrase sounds awkward. But why? Isn't it absolutely grammatically correct?
"is going to be doing" has the same meaning as "will be doing".
When you put "be" in the continuous form you have a word that tells about the progress and a temporary behaving, like "He is being good".
So all that together with an adjective (polite) should express that the guy has made up a plan to behave temporary polite in the future, right?
He is going to + be being (like be doing) + adjective
Can someone enlighten me as usual
I know that this phrase sounds awkward. But why? Isn't it absolutely grammatically correct?
"is going to be doing" has the same meaning as "will be doing".
When you put "be" in the continuous form you have a word that tells about the progress and a temporary behaving, like "He is being good".
So all that together with an adjective (polite) should express that the guy has made up a plan to behave temporary polite in the future, right?
He is going to + be being (like be doing) + adjective
Can someone enlighten me as usual
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Catull "He is going to be being polite"I know that this phrase sounds awkward. But why? Isn't it absolutely grammatically correct?
- Catull "He is going to be being polite"I know that this phrase sounds awkward.
- But why?
- Isn't it absolutely grammatically correct?
- It may sound awkward because there are so few situations where we might use it, but it's grammatically correct.
- Catull the guy has made up a plan to behave temporary polite in the future, right?
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Catull"He is going to be being polite"I know that this phrase sounds awkward. But why? Isn't it absolutely grammatically correct?It may sound awkward because there are so few situations where we might use it, but it's grammatically correct.
Catullthe guy has made up a plan to behave temporary polite in the future, right?Ye
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