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Lcchang  +  320348 Fri, 26 Jan 07 04:42 PM

I've rarely seen grammar books that give sentence examples of using "Perfect Progressive" tense for Be Verb. Is that because they don't exist? Please advise.

  1. Be verb in Present Perfect Progressive tense
  2. Be verb in Past Perfect Progressive tense
  3. Be verb in Future Perfect Progressive tense
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Clive  +  320358 Fri, 26 Jan 07 05:31 PM

Hi,

I've rarely seen grammar books that give sentence examples of using "Perfect Progressive" tense for Be Verb. Is that because they don't exist? Please advise. They exist, but you need a context in which they make sense.

  1. Be verb in Present Perfect Progressive tense
  2. Be verb in Past Perfect Progressive tense
  3. Be verb in Future Perfect Progressive tense

Consider these examples of the verb 'walk' versus the verb 'be'.

He has been walking. He has been being.

He had been walking. He had been being.

He will have been walking. He will have been being.

You might also like to think how such tenses of the verb 'be' can be used in forming the passive voice of other verbs. eg "My car has been being fixed for the last week. Why are they taking so long?"  

Best wishes, Clive

 

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Lcchang  +  320367 Fri, 26 Jan 07 06:05 PM
Please could you take a look for me? I just made them up by myself.

The room has been being freezing since its air conditioning went out of order.

As he entered the classroom, the students had been being noisy for quite a while.

In February, I will have been being in the same position in this company since I started work there.

To me, it doesn't make any difference to make these sentences by using prefect tense in stead of perfect progressive tense.

Please advise.

Clive  +  320411 Fri, 26 Jan 07 08:48 PM

Hi,

Please could you take a look for me? I just made them up by myself.

The room has been being freezing since its air conditioning went out of order.

The room has been freezing since its air conditioning went out of order.

As he entered the classroom, the students had been being noisy for quite a while.

It's acceptable, but better is 'When he entered the classroom, the students had been noisy for quite a while'.

In February, I will have been being in the same position in this company since I started work there.

In February, I will have been in the same position in this company for a year.

To me, it doesn't make any difference to make these sentences by using prefect tense in stead of perfect progressive tense The difference is that non-progressive is better here and much less clumsy than progressive. My advice is not too worry too much about using perfect progressive, subject to what I said in my original post.

Best wishes, Clive

Lcchang  +  320431 Fri, 26 Jan 07 09:40 PM
 Clive wrote:

Hi,

Please could you take a look for me? I just made them up by myself.

The room has been being freezing since its air conditioning went out of order.

The room has been freezing since its air conditioning went out of order.

As he entered the classroom, the students had been being noisy for quite a while.

It's acceptable, but better is 'When he entered the classroom, the students had been noisy for quite a while'.

In February, I will have been being in the same position in this company since I started work there.

In February, I will have been in the same position in this company for a year.

To me, it doesn't make any difference to make these sentences by using prefect tense in stead of perfect progressive tense The difference is that non-progressive is better here and much less clumsy than progressive. My advice is not too worry too much about using perfect progressive, subject to what I said in my original post.

Best wishes, Clive

I see why most grammar books don't mention it now. Thanks.

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