Naylorm  +  620031 Wed, 24 Dec 08 08:48 AM I'm trying to figure out what this sentence is, and the Passive Past Perfect Continuous Interrogative is the best that I can think of. Where have all the reference books been put? It has the "have been + present part." form of the Past Perfect Continuous. Would 'have' and 'been' be considered auxiliary here? Does the determiner "all" function as a subject compliment? What is "where"? Is this correct: Where: Adverbial have: aux all: subject compliment the reference books: subject been: aux put: transitive verb In passive voice, if something would normally be a transitive verb acting on what becomes the subject, is it still considered a transitive verb? Naylorm Joined on Wed, Dec 24 2008 New Member 04 Grammar, Verbs, Constructions, Tenses, Auxiliaries, Past Perfect, Past Tenses, Determiners, Sentences, References, Business, Career

	Mister Micawber  +  620045 Wed, 24 Dec 08 09:02 AM . Where have all the reference books been put [by the librarians]?  They have been put [in the carrels]. Present perfect, passive voice. . Mister Micawber Joined on Wed, Aug 4 2004 Yokohama Veteran Member 30,825 'The question is,' said Humpty Dumpty, 'which is to be master-- that's all.'

	Naylorm  +  620056 Wed, 24 Dec 08 09:16 AM Why would this fit the present perfect? It is an action that has been completed in the past, and would seem to have one more verb than the present perfect would allow (unless 'been put' is something else now). Could some elaboration be offered? Also, from above Would 'have' and 'been' be considered auxiliary here? Does the determiner "all" function as a subject compliment? What is "where"? In passive voice, if something would normally be a transitive verb acting on what becomes the subject, is it still considered a transitive verb? Naylorm Auxiliaries, Present Tenses, Present Perfect, Determiners

	Mister Micawber  +  620070 Wed, 24 Dec 08 09:37 AM . Been is the past participle of be, the passive-forming auxiliary.  Put is the past participle of put, used in constructing the passive voice.  Have is the present-perfect-forming auxiliary (the past-perfect auxiliary is had). The subject is books, the recipient of the action; the understood agent is librarians. The books have been put [in the carrels]  [by the librarians]. Someone else can deal with your other parts of speech. . Mister Micawber Auxiliaries, Speaking, Speeches