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Roky0071 Posted 9 years ago
Grammar
You have been warned vs you are being warned
I sometimes see this heading "you have been warned" on "Discovery channel". My questions are as follows:
1. It should be "you are warned" if used as a performative verb in passive?
2. Or it should be "you are being warned" if used as present progressive passive?
3. But why "you have been warned" used here?
1. It should be "you are warned" if used as a performative verb in passive?
2. Or it should be "you are being warned" if used as present progressive passive?
3. But why "you have been warned" used here?
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The words 'You have been warned' are usually uttered immediately after the warning. The present perfect is therefore appropriate. Once the warning is over, people are no longer being warned.
- The words 'You have been warned' are usually uttered immediately after the warning.
- The present perfect is therefore appropriate.
- Once the warning is over, people are no longer being warned.
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The words 'You have been warned' are usually uttered immediately after the warning. The present perfect is therefore appropriate. Once the warning is over, people are no longer being warned.
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