You are all deceived or you are all being deceived

the context is 'you are all misled by the government.' are both fine?

pockypu Is it 'you are all misled' or 'you are all being misled'

The second is an existing and continuing condition.

I cannot think of an example for the first. Normally the past tense verb is used.

You were all misled by the former governor when he claimed that COVID-19 was a hoax.

the context is 'you are all misled by the government.' they're different tenses, but 'you are all misled' sounds weird to me and i don't know if i'm just being stupid or if there is a reason to it. it should be perfectly fine though because its present passive?? does it need a time frame?

that is what i thought, but the first is present passive right so shouldn't it be correct? i don't know... 'you are all easily misled' sounds fine to me but if theres no clarification or anything it just sounds confusing.

pockypu Is it 'you are all misled' or 'you are all being misled'

If the intention is to say that you are misled on various occasions again and again, then 'you are all misled'.

If the intention is to say that you are being misled on this one occasion, and the misleading is happening now, then 'you are all being misled'. (I suspect this is the one you

Please do not double post.

Here's another answer.

CJ

Yes.

These are explained in various places with 'misled' instead of 'deceived'.

You do not have to post the same question with every verb in English, you know.

sorry - this was not supposed to be a double post. i had the intention of sending this this morning (10 hours ago) but for some reason it stagnated so i assumed it had not sent due to bad internet, which is why i resent the same question.

Right. We've been having trouble with blank posts, so that's understandable.

I think it's fixed now.

Hopefully you've got all your answers now from both copies.

CJ