Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
Grammar
How to conjugate these phrases?
I really don't understand the following grammar structure even though I have read plenty grammar stuff (participle vs adjective..) in the internet and my old school book:
"to be interested in"
"to be accused of"
When you conjugate these phrases, do you ONLY change the word 'be' or is the whole thing just a simple passive verb contruction?
For example:
"I had been being interested in"
past perfect progressive + adjective (here interested in passive adjective form)
or does the word "interested" belong to the word "be" and signals a passive contruction?
eg. "I had been interested in" = past perfect passive voice
To bring an absurd example:
If interested is just an adjective, the following sentence should be possible, shouldn't it?
"I had been beeing been interested" = past perfect progressive passive voice + adjective
Could someone enlighten me, please. Thank you!
"to be interested in"
"to be accused of"
When you conjugate these phrases, do you ONLY change the word 'be' or is the whole thing just a simple passive verb contruction?
For example:
"I had been being interested in"
past perfect progressive + adjective (here interested in passive adjective form)
or does the word "interested" belong to the word "be" and signals a passive contruction?
eg. "I had been interested in" = past perfect passive voice
To bring an absurd example:
If interested is just an adjective, the following sentence should be possible, shouldn't it?
"I had been beeing been interested" = past perfect progressive passive voice + adjective
Could someone enlighten me, please. Thank you!
Top answer
Anonymous "I had been being interested in" It's in the past perfect passive where "interested in" is the past participle of the preposition (phrasal) verb "interest in".
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Anonymous"I had beenIt's in the past perfect passive where "interested in" is the past participle of the preposition (phrasal) verb "interest in".beinginterested in"
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