Can the continuous form be combined with the passive voice?
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00:00 Can The Continuous Form Be Combined With The Passive Voice?
00:33 Accepted Answer Score 11
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Music by Eric Matyas
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Track title: Hypnotic Puzzle4
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00:00 Can The Continuous Form Be Combined With The Passive Voice?
00:33 Accepted Answer Score 11
01:01 Thank you
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ACCEPTED ANSWER
Score 11
The first site is wrong:
- He has been being treated for imbecility for almost twenty years and has not yet recovered his wits.
- In 2007 he had been being treated for imbecility for ten years and had not yet recovered his wits.
- He will be being treated for imbecility on Monday when you arrive, and may not be able to greet you.
- By then he will have been being treated for imbecility for twenty years.
What is true is that these constructions are rarely needed.