Timeline for Can the continuous form be combined with the passive voice?
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| Dec 24, 2019 at 19:35 | history | protected | CommunityBot | ||
| May 19, 2017 at 17:41 | comment | added | herisson | Related: Can the present perfect continuous construct be used in passive voice?, I often use “is being” and “are being” in my sentences. Is it correct grammatically? | |
| May 5, 2017 at 2:04 | history | edited | herisson | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
edited tags; edited title
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| Jan 21, 2017 at 19:37 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackEnglish/status/822890936275521538 | ||
| Jan 21, 2017 at 17:15 | comment | added | Edwin Ashworth | @tchrist Very fine edit. | |
| Jan 21, 2017 at 15:30 | vote | accept | A.Cool | ||
| Jan 21, 2017 at 15:26 | vote | accept | A.Cool | ||
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| Jan 21, 2017 at 15:18 | comment | added | StoneyB on hiatus | Why the downvote? It's a model question: OP presents us with conflicting authorities ('authorities') and asks us for clarification. | |
| Jan 21, 2017 at 15:15 | comment | added | A.Cool | @tchrist - As long as it gets my question more clear, it's totally fine :) Thank you. | |
| Jan 21, 2017 at 15:12 | answer | added | StoneyB on hiatus | timeline score: 11 | |
| Jan 21, 2017 at 15:10 | comment | added | tchrist♦ | I hope you don't mind, but I've changed your references of verb tenses to verb constructions to better match our site for linguists, etymologists, and serious English-language enthusiasts. That's because these constructions combining tense, mood, and aspect are not properly considered “tenses” by the professional linguistics community, even though that word is indeed often used for them in EFL literature as a simplifying, “short-hand” form. I don't want our community distracted by EFL terms lest this make it less likely that the substance of your question will get answered. | |
| Jan 21, 2017 at 15:03 | history | edited | tchrist♦ | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
Those are not tenses; they are combinations of tense and aspect
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| Jan 21, 2017 at 14:58 | history | asked | A.Cool | CC BY-SA 3.0 |