For a transitive verb, the past participle, with the relevant auxiliary verbs, yields the different verb forms in the passive voice (e.g. am/are/is seen, for the present continuous; was/were seen, for the past continuous; and shall be/will be seen, for the future continuous).
The above is extracted from the article Participles gone wrong (MOE January 1, 2010).
The examples of the different verb forms in the passive voice quoted therein should be the present simple, past simple and future simple and their "continuous" counterparts should be am being/are being/is being seen, was being/were being seen and shall be being/will be being seen respectively. All these can be confirmed in any English grammar website.
I have not received the required response to my above comments (after emailing them on January 2, 2010) from the editor in charge or the writer of the article.
Monday, January 25, 2010
Participles gone wrong
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