Confusing Words: Being and Been The words ‘being’ and ‘been’ are sometimes confused. As a rule the word ‘been’ is always used after ‘have’ whereas ‘being’ is never used after ‘have’. It is used after ‘be’. Been is the past participle of the verb be and is usually used with the perfect aspect with ‘have’ in all its forms i.e. had and has I have been busy. NOT I have being busy. being is the present participle of the verb be and can be used with the continuous form of the verb be is all its forms i.e. am, is, was, are and were. When I arrived at the scene of the accident the victim was being placed in an ambulance. I dont know why but John is being really difficult today. Being as a noun The word being can also be used as a noun. A human being. Being as a gerund The word being can be used as a gerund which is a type of noun. Do all actors like being famous? His being clumsy caused the accident.
Posted on: Thu, 24 Apr 2014 12:17:54 +0000
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