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Hasibul Alam Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

what kind of structure it is?

given the energy the players seemed to be putting into it.

to+be+v-ing / to+be+ v-pp

what these structure means?
  

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g. "seemed to be interesting"). "to be + v-pp" is either the passive infinitive, or the infinitive of "be" with an "-ed" adjective.

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  • g.
  • "seemed to be interesting").
  • "to be + v-pp" is either the passive infinitive, or the infinitive of "be" with an "-ed" adjective.
  • g.
  • "seemed to be tired".
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"seemed to put" ("to put" is the plain infinitive) -> "seemed to be putting" ("to be putting" is the progressive infinitive)

In certain cases "to be v-ing" is analysed as the infinitive of "be" with an "-ing" adjective (e.g. "seemed to be interesting").

"to be + v-pp" is either the passive infinitive, or the infinitive of "be" with an "-ed" adjective. After "seem
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please can write details about it? can you example with meaning of two sentence?
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The difference between the plain infinitive ("to + verb") and the progressive infinitive ("to be + verb-ing") is analogous to the difference between the plain tenses and progressive tenses. For example:

1a) They put a lot of energy into it.
1b) They seem to put a lot of energy into it.

2a) They are putting a lot of energy into it.
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