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27 Sep 2011, 08:55
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As per the Grammer rules
one rule says that - use present participle after "be" forms (am, are , is, were, was, be, been, being)
Example: I had been expecting such reply.
other rule says that past / present perfect tense should use "have" forms (have, has, had) ("have been" "has been" or "had been") + past participle
Example: My purse has been stolen. (stolen is past participle) - The sentense is in present perfect tense?
how can there be 2 rule for same helping verb? Its too confusing for me? can any1 explain the difference?
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one rule says that - use present participle after "be" forms (am, are , is, were, was, be, been, being)
Example: I had been expecting such reply.
other rule says that past / present perfect tense should use "have" forms (have, has, had) ("have been" "has been" or "had been") + past participle
Example: My purse has been stolen. (stolen is past participle) - The sentense is in present perfect tense?
how can there be 2 rule for same helping verb? Its too confusing for me? can any1 explain the difference?
Regards,
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27 Sep 2011, 09:51
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even though I dont understand your doubt fully, I will attempt to point out the common problem encountered with participles:
# participles are NOT REALLY VERBS : a participle is kind of a hybrid between a verb and an adjective.
#it has to qualify a noun or pronoun
# there are two kinds of participles: past(endind in -ed,-n-t,-en,-d)- believed,stolen,meant, driven,....
present(-ing) : believing, stealing, meaning, driving
in your example I had been expecting such reply., 'had been expecting' is the past-perfect-continuous form . 'expecting' is not uded as a participle here, but as a verb as it does not describe a noun or pronoun. 'expecting such a reply, he only smiled'.....here expecting is used as a participle as it is describing the pronoun 'he'. (smiled is the verb here..and the sentence is in simple past)
what i am trying to say is ,even though -ing words are known as present participle forms of a verb, they are used in two ways: as a
(1) continuos tense verb (where you need to use be forms....I was expecting....i had been expecting...I am expecting)
(2) as a describing word(adjective. or, truly., as a participle.)
.
hope this helps.
# participles are NOT REALLY VERBS : a participle is kind of a hybrid between a verb and an adjective.
#it has to qualify a noun or pronoun
# there are two kinds of participles: past(endind in -ed,-n-t,-en,-d)- believed,stolen,meant, driven,....
present(-ing) : believing, stealing, meaning, driving
in your example I had been expecting such reply., 'had been expecting' is the past-perfect-continuous form . 'expecting' is not uded as a participle here, but as a verb as it does not describe a noun or pronoun. 'expecting such a reply, he only smiled'.....here expecting is used as a participle as it is describing the pronoun 'he'. (smiled is the verb here..and the sentence is in simple past)
what i am trying to say is ,even though -ing words are known as present participle forms of a verb, they are used in two ways: as a
(1) continuos tense verb (where you need to use be forms....I was expecting....i had been expecting...I am expecting)
(2) as a describing word(adjective. or, truly., as a participle.)
.
hope this helps.
27 Sep 2011, 10:51
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simple continuous perfect perfect-continuos
present tense she steals my things she is stealing my things she has stolen my things she has been
past tense she stole my things she was stealing my things she had stolen my things she had been
note that past participle does not mean past tense. its just a derivative or form of the verb.
present tense she steals my things she is stealing my things she has stolen my things she has been
past tense she stole my things she was stealing my things she had stolen my things she had been
note that past participle does not mean past tense. its just a derivative or form of the verb.
