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Latest post Fri, Nov 6 2009 9:43 PM by CalifJim. 2 replies.
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Anonymous  +  963657 Fri, 06 Nov 09 08:02 PM
is it correct to say : "The problems have been being solved by Tom for 15 minutes"?
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Best answer by Yankee  +  963685 Fri, 06 Nov 09 08:35 PM
Your sentence is grammatically correct, but it is not particularly natural. People generally would not use such a passive sentence. Using the active voice would be far better:


"Tom has been solving the problems for 15 minutes."
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CalifJim  +  963740 Fri, 06 Nov 09 09:43 PM
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“is Is it correct to say : "The problems have been being solved by Tom for 15 minutes"?

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I'd say it's correct, but a waste of energy! 


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