What is the difference between "to be" and "being"?
I found the first of the following sentence on one of websites. However, I cannot understand the usage of "to be" in the sentence. I mean, if I had written this sentence, I would have used "being" instead of "to be". Therefore, I would really appreciate it if someone could let me know what is the difference between the following two sentences.
It's not uncommon for people to be hacked online, right?
It's not uncommon for people being hacked online, right?
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dileepa It's not uncommon for people to be hacked online, right? To be covers future occurrences of hacking as well as past and present. dileepa It's not uncommon for people being hacked online, right?
- dileepa It's not uncommon for people to be hacked online, right?
- To be covers future occurrences of hacking as well as past and present.
- dileepa It's not uncommon for people being hacked online, right?
- Emphasizes hacking going on or happening now.
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dileepaIt's not uncommon for people to be hacked online, right?
To be covers future occurrences of hacking as well as past and present.
dileepaIt's not uncommon for people being hacked online, right?
Emphasizes hacking going on or happening now.
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