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Thu 3 Aug, 2017 04:10 pm
dear friend
I hope you can answer me about this example Which confused me
He has/had been blue' is not possible. (Unless somebody has been painted another colour.
The first one is past perfect ok
But the second part I can't know what is it
Past perfect or passive
And why??
Thank
Alaa
@weeshy,
weeshy wrote:He had been blue
Past Perfect Continuous. We use this to show that something started in the past and continued up until another time in the past.
@centrox,
Thank sir but I have asked about the part which is
unless Somebody has been painted another color.
Is this present perfect or its passive and why? I need to explain sir
@weeshy,
In this sentence the word "blue" is a feeling of sadness or depressed.
So yes, you can say:
He had been blue for months before he met her.
@centrox,
He had been blue is not a past perfect continous because we don't have v+ing here secondly
Blue is adjective here like we say
He had been a good man
He had been hero ....etc
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