watched – English Grammar Profiler

Because there is no past perfect continuous passive in the English Grammar Profile, we can say it is C2. A search in NOW corpus shows that this grammar is extremely rare. 1   HAD BEEN BEING TREATED 10 The woman had left the Ulster Hospital, Dundonald, where she had been being treated. belfastlive.co.uk 2   HAD BEEN BEING ABUSED 7 3   ‘D BEEN BEING ABUSED 7 4   HAD …

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In the English Grammar Profile, A1 point 5 in CLAUSES/co-ordinated is defined as: omit the subject in a second main declarative clause when the subject is obvious or the same as the first clause. PELIC student example: I watched TV and washed my clothes. Korean, Female, Level 3, Writing Class. However, two verbs can be connected with ‘and’ with more …

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