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Guest  +  27696 Wed, 14 Apr 04 11:46 AM
I would like to know some grammatical about Passive Present.


· Present simple: The car is washed.
· Present continuous: The car is being washed.
· Present perfect: The car been washed.


If you can explain that sentence for me and give another explain.


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Alia
Shanna  +  27759 Thu, 15 Apr 04 03:09 AM
To make this a little simpler, passive present, I would say, means you're talking in the present about something in the past. The car is washed is an incorrect sentence. The car is being washed, is good. The car been washed is incorrect, It should be the car has been washed.
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Why is "The car is washed" incorrect? Is "The car is always washed on Wednesdays" incorrect too?
Pemmican  +  27894 Sat, 17 Apr 04 12:41 AM
"The car is wahed (on Wednesdays)" is correct.
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Wâ mag ich mich nu vinden? wâ mac ich mich nu suochen, wâ? nu bin ich hie und bin ouch dâ und enbin doch weder dâ noch hie. wer wart ouch sus verirret ie? wer wart ie sus...
broken heart  +  27905 Sat, 17 Apr 04 07:37 AM

I'm Alia


I know the sentence is correct but I need somebody tell me why I used this sentence .

The car is washed meaning is ( finish wash car )



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maj  +  27908 Sat, 17 Apr 04 09:58 AM
If you want to say that the action is finished you should use the present perfect tense. The car has been washed. This means the action has finished. Did you really want to say this? I hope it helps.
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Present simple: The car is washed.
· Present continuous: The car is being washed.
· Present perfect: The car been washed

what time i use those sentence? why use it?
broken heart  +  27961 Sun, 18 Apr 04 01:28 PM
Present simple: The car is washed.
· Present continuous: The car is being washed.
· Present perfect: The car has been washed


what i used it? and give me a function for those.


you said before


The car has been washed. This means the action has finished. ok

and another

the car is washed (what about that)

the car is being washed (what about that).



please explain that and give me also anothe example.


please......................


Alia
dtl_inh  +  28002 Mon, 19 Apr 04 08:51 AM
Hi Alia,
Others has clearly explained your questions. I just add here my own thought and hope it's ok.

For example: it's 12 o'clock now.
The car has been washed (you washed your car at 8 or 9 am today's morning)
The car is washed (you washed your car ealier, may be yesterday)
The car is being washed (you are washing your car now (12 o'clock), it's lunch time girl!)

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