God's own|PhD student & Asst. Director of UWC @uofl|English Language Researcher|Research Fellow, UI-Research Foundation|Editor|Drummer
Jul 13, 2018 • 5 tweets • 3 min read
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.
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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Way 01- Choose the easy path!
Actually, anything worth doing is potentially hard. Simple sentences, however, are less problematic because of their simple structures. Familiarize yourself with and use them often.
