why we sometimes use ing form after a passive verb?
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because it tells you about an ongoing action. it didnt just happen once and then it was over with it happened over a period of time..\n\n\nex: i read the paper when mary came in.\n\nvs\ni was reading the paper when mary came in.\n\n\nthe second one makes sense because you didnt stop reading and then mary came in. she came in while you were reading. so it was an ongoing action
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There is no verb form. You have to use it with the verb to be. To be pedantic. Or to be a pedant
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Passive\nAssertive\naggressive
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All sentences in English are either in active or passive voice. There are no voiceless sentences. See if this helps.\n\nVoice\n\nEnglish has two voices for verbs: the active and the passive. The basic form is the active verb, and follows the SVO pattern discussed above. The passive voice is derived from the active by changing the verb to its passive form, exchanging the subject and direct object, and marking the former subject with by. The former subject changes to objective case and becomes optional, e.g.\n\n   1. active: I heard the music.\n   2. passive: The music was heard (by me). (Note: me, not I)\n\nThe passive form of the verb is formed by replacing the verb with to be in the same tense, and appending the past participle of the original verb. Thus:\nTense Active voice                 Passive voice\nSimple present I hear the music. The music is heard by me.\nPresent progressive I am hearing the music. The music is being heard by me.\nPast imperfect I was hearing the music The music was being heard by me.\nPast perfect I had heard the music. The music had been heard by me.\nSimple Future I will hear the music. The music will be heard by me.\n\nThis pattern continues through all the composite tenses as well.\n\nThe semantic effect of the change from active to passive is the depersonalization of an action. It is also occasionally used to topicalize (this word does not exist in the English language) the direct object of a sentence. Many writing style guides including Strunk and White recommend minimizing use of the passive voice in English.
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they end with the letters ing  (eg) - what are you doing?, where are you going?, are you coming over? etc.
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http://www.longman.com/ae/azar/grammar_ex/message_board/archive/articles/00179.html\n\nhttp://www.edufind.com/English/grammar/ING3.cfm
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So we know when to use the number '2' and the word 'to'.\nThey are different, and have different meanings. If someone read your question as you wrote it, it would make no sense. So, go to school, and pay attention in English class.
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Passive Perfect Participle\nPPA = Perfect Participle Active
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Because they cannot form a complete sentence by themselves. "I going to store" just doesn't make sense. It doesn't have all of the information about tense, mood, person, etc. that a sentence proper needs. Is it "I am going" or "I was going"? A verb is finite if it can stand on its own in a sentence with no other verbs. The verb phrase "am going" IS finite.
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There NEVER was a rule against splitting infinitives. Years ago, somebody thought that because Latin infinitives can't be split (because they are a single word), that English infinitives can't be split. Some how this ridiculous idea caught on, and some teachers took up the cause.\n\nIt is not a rule. Never was a rule. Put the adverb wherever it will be most effective without adding ambiguity.\n\nCan you imagine this sentence without the split infinitive:\nYou can expect to more than double your earnings.
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There are not really "grammar rules" about this, because native speakers don't do it the other way.\n\nHowever, as a linguist, here's how I would analyze this sentence:\n\nI heard [him sing a song].\n\nThe bracketed part of this sentence is kind of like a nonfinite clause.  The subject of this clause is "him", and the verb of this clause is "sing".  Because it's a nonfinite clause, the verb does not need to be conjugated, so it appears in its basic form, "sing".\n\n(By the way, the reason it's "I heard him sing a song" and not "I heard he sing a song" is called Exceptional Case Marking.  Depending on how into linguistics you are, you might want to take a syntax class if you really like stuff like this!)
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Go buy a copy of "500 Latin Verbs Fully Conjugated in all the Tenses".  I'm too lazy to walk all the way downstairs and to the other end of the house to get my copy or else I'd tell you.\n\nEDIT:  OK, I'm awake now, lol.  Since "go" is an intransitive verb, there is NO SUCH THING as a passive form of it.  LOLOLOLOL
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Passing over the misuse or grammar I believe that you have a good article. You have still been able tog et your point across. Congrats
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Basically, you can start by ignoring (temporarily) the "John" and "you" parts, since they don't change when you change cases.\n\nThe pronoun "I" is nominative case.  It should be used in places where the nominative case is appropriate; these include subjects of sentences and subject complements.  So, these are appropriate uses:\n—"I can see my house from here."\n—"The winner of the contest was I."\n—"Bill can sing better than I."\nThese work just as well when you put the "you" or "John" in as well:\n—"You and I can see our houses from here."\n—"John and I can see our houses from here."\n—"The winners of the contest were you and I."\n—"The winners of the contest were John and I."\n—"Bill can sing better than you and I."\n—"Bill can sing better than John and I."\n\nThe pronoun "me" is in the objective case.  It should be used in places where the objective case is appropriate; these include direct and indirect objects of verbs, as well as objects of prepositions.\n—"The dog bit me."\n—"Sue gave me the cake."\n—"It's great knowing that girls are always talking about me."\nThese work just as well when you put the "you" or "John" in as well:\n—"The dog bit you and me."\n—"The dog bit John and me."\n—"Sue gave you and me the cake."\n—"Sue gave John and me the cake."\n—"It's great knowing that girls are always talking about you and me."\n—"It's great knowing that girls are always talking about John and me."
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The 2nd sentence is correct and very formal; there is something like an old subjunctive form hidden in it.\nThe 1st sentence is (informally) not incorrect and could be found in British English.
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That's the way english is...or for that matter any other language. The literal meaning can be vastly different from the actual meaning which must be inferred from the context. Therefore, if I say I'm gonna water the plants....then, water here is used as a verb whose meaning has evolved out of common usage. "building" has a similar evolution from its original meaning.\n\nI guess you've posted this question just for the sake of posting and fun...well, so am I, answering it to make my first post :)
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"is being" is the present progressive form of the verb "to be." The present progressive indicates something that is happening right now in the present and is continuing. It doesn't happen at one single moment (it's not present-- that would usually only mean it's happening right NOW); it happens continuously-- thoughout TODAY. \nThe present progressive is formed with the present form of "to be" according to the subject (for she or he, the form is "is." For I the form is "am" etc etc) plus the "ing" form of the verb. In your example, both "is" and "being" are needed to form the whole verb of the present progressive. "Is" is the auxiliary verb (or 'helping verb') and "being" is the present participle of "to be."\nSo the sentence "She is being quiet today" is grammatically correct.\n\nAlso: The people who are saying that this is a gerund are mistaken. A gerund is a verbal form ending in "ing" and functioning as a NOUN. Here are some examples of gerunds: SWIMMING in the summer is fun. HOPPING on one foot for a long time can be difficult. WRITING songs is one of his favorite pastimes. \nA gerund phrase includes its gerund and its objects, complements, and modifiers, and it still funcions as a noun. In the following examples the whole gerund phase is capitalized: EXERCISING REGULARLY is important for one's health. ("regularly" modifies "exercising") WRITING SONGS is one of his favorite pastimes. ("songs" is the object)\n\nHope this helps