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Know the Difference between BEEN and BEING

The verb 'be' has eight forms: am, is, are, was, were, be, being, been. Among these forms, BEEN and BEING mostly suffer a cruel misuse by users of the English language.

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But these two are different in form and function.

1. Difference in FORM
When BEING is used, it is preceded by any of ‘am’, ‘is’ ‘are’, ‘was’, ‘were’ and succeeded by the past participle of the verb (EATEN & SPOKEN are the past participle forms of EAT and SPEAK)

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eg.,
The food IS BEING EATEN by Tola
I AM BEING punished by Mr. Tere

When BEEN is used, it is preceded by any of ‘has’, ‘have’ or ‘had’ and succeeded by the past participle of the verb.
eg.,
The food HAS BEEN EATEN by Tola
I HAVE BEEN PUNISHED by Mr. Tere

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2. Difference in function

Be+ ing particle = BEING
‘Being’ has the base form 'be’ & complemented with the progressive ‘ing’ particle. Thus ‘being’ is used to denote progressive action.

eg.,
The car is BEING driven by Wale.
The meeting is BEING held in the hall.

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Be+ en particle = BEEN
'Been’ also has the base form ‘be’ & complemented with the perfective ‘en’ particle. Thus ‘been’ is used to denote a perfect action.

eg.,
The car had BEEN driven by Wale.
The meeting has BEEN held in the hall.

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