seyfihoca  +  117954 Wed, 13 Jul 05 11:52 AM Hello, I would like to learn whether there are such gerunds as * being doing * having been doing. If so, how can I passivize them? Thanks.     seyfihoca Joined on Thu, Jan 20 2005 Turkey/Eskisehir Full Member 109 Dil Sınavlarına Hazırlık Merkezi Gerunds

	Mister Micawber  +  118001 Wed, 13 Jul 05 02:42 PM I suppose it's possible, but they're not going to be pretty: Having been doing calisthenics for three hours, I am tired. Calisthenics having been done by me for three hours, they thankfully ceased. I cannot think of a reasonable example for the other (not to say that my first example is legitimate). Mister Micawber Joined on Wed, Aug 4 2004 Yokohama Veteran Member 30,807 'The question is,' said Humpty Dumpty, 'which is to be master-- that's all.'

	Nyarlathotep  +  118341 Thu, 14 Jul 05 05:37 PM "Have you ever seen a human being doing yoga?"           (I cannot think of an example either. ) Nyarlathotep Joined on Fri, Jun 24 2005 England New Member 45 "Don't screw with my disco Nadine!!"

	yulysess  +  118344 Thu, 14 Jul 05 05:46 PM  Nyarlathotep wrote: "Have you ever seen a human being doing yoga?"           (I cannot think of an example either. ) "human being"; "being" here , I think, is not the phrase seyfihoca  meant .     yulysess Joined on Fri, Jun 3 2005 Full Member 173 Practise what you preach

	cairn  +  118363 Thu, 14 Jul 05 07:08 PM Hello seyfihoca, I believe your second phrase (having been doing) is a past participle, and it really sounds akward (and funny) when you passivize it. I suppose the being doing phrase might exist as a gerund (not a present participle) ... somewhere... Perhaps I need some time and I will come up with an example...(at least as akward as the one above). Well, maybe somebody else will? rgds, cairn cairn Joined on Sun, May 8 2005 Junior Member 68 Gerunds