Guest  +  21168 Tue, 03 Feb 04 01:51 PM Can anybody enlighten me as to the fact that in the passive voice iit s possible in present perfect continuous. For example "The spy was been being watched by the KGB. I belive not but I have heard that in the bowels of smoewhere it exists. Is it true? Is it correct grammar. Thanking you. Guest Grammar, Present Perfect

	buggah  +  21246 Tue, 03 Feb 04 08:15 PM "The KGB has been watching the spy." (active voice) "The Spy has been being watched by the KGB." (passive voice) buggah Joined on Sat, Jan 24 2004 Brazil Full Member 106 "Do not try to bend the spoon. That's impossible. Instead, only try to realize the truth."

	suzi  +  21249 Tue, 03 Feb 04 09:02 PM "The spy was been being watched by the KGB.2 - that is not standard english "The spy had been being watched by the KGB." is possible "The spy was being watched by the KGB." is also possible - this one might be what you mean by present perfect continous - tho I dont use such terms myself! suzi Joined on Wed, Jan 7 2004 Full Member 465 Present Perfect

	whl626  +  21266 Wed, 04 Feb 04 02:21 AM Present perfect continuous in the passive form. eg. He has been scolded all morning for the single mistake in his assignment. :(. What a poor guy ! Present continous in the passive form. eg He is being scolded by the boss now for the single mistake in his assignment. whl626 Joined on Sun, Aug 24 2003 Regular Member 882 Learn English every day Present Perfect

	dinosm  +  21291 Wed, 04 Feb 04 10:06 AM 'The Spy has been being watched' - it doesn't sound very natural to me, as I've never heard anyone use it like this. What my English teacher of 10 years ago would probably suggest in this case would be to rephrase it thus: 'The Spy has been under surveillance...' dinosm Joined on Fri, Nov 28 2003 Manchester, U.K. New Member 43