http://www.englishforums.com/English/EslGeneralEnglishGrammar-Questions/Forum12.htmAsk your questions on grammar and get your sentence checked. We answer lots of different types of general English grammar questions here. <font color=red>DO NOT post paragraphs and compositions here. Post them in our <a href="http://www.englishforums.com/English/EssayReportCompositionWriting/Forum9.htm"><b>Essay, Report and Composition Writing Forum</b></a>.</font>enXMOD (Build: 3616.28671)http://www.englishforums.com/English/PerfectProgressiveTense-Verb/dxdwr/post.htm#320431Mon, 26 Jan 2009 04:26:54 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:320431Lcchang0http://www.englishforums.com/English/PerfectProgressiveTense-Verb/dxdwr/post.htm#320431http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-320431.xmlClive 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...http://www.englishforums.com/English/PerfectProgressiveTense-Verb/dxdwr/post.htm#320411Thu, 26 Mar 2009 04:26:54 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:320411Clive1http://www.englishforums.com/English/PerfectProgressiveTense-Verb/dxdwr/post.htm#320411http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-320411.xmlHi, 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...http://www.englishforums.com/English/PerfectProgressiveTense-Verb/dxdwr/post.htm#320367Tue, 26 May 2009 03:26:54 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:320367Lcchang2http://www.englishforums.com/English/PerfectProgressiveTense-Verb/dxdwr/post.htm#320367http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-320367.xmlPlease 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.http://www.englishforums.com/English/PerfectProgressiveTense-Verb/dxdwr/post.htm#320358Thu, 26 Feb 2009 04:26:54 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:320358Clive3http://www.englishforums.com/English/PerfectProgressiveTense-Verb/dxdwr/post.htm#320358http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-320358.xmlHi, 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. Be verb in Present Perfect Progressive tense Be verb in Past Perfect Progressive tense 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...http://www.englishforums.com/English/PerfectProgressiveTense-Verb/dxdwr/post.htmSun, 26 Apr 2009 03:26:54 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:320348Lcchang4http://www.englishforums.com/English/PerfectProgressiveTense-Verb/dxdwr/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-320348.xmlI'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. Be verb in Present Perfect Progressive tense Be verb in Past Perfect Progressive tense Be verb in Future Perfect Progressive tense