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Isoroku1996

8 Dec 2016

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Darwin is a service dog that [？] to make life easier for physically handicapped people.

1.has been training
2.has being trained
3.is being trained
4.is being training

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SY93

8 Dec 2016

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"has been training" is OK too, but in the case of a dog we usually say the dog is "being trained" (passive) rather than that the dog "is training" (active). It's acceptable though.

"has been trained" is correct, but be careful because you wrote "has being trained" in #2 which is not correct. have/has does not go in front of passive "being ~ed" verbs. You might have mixed up "been" and "being"

"is being training" is not correct. "being" in "being trained" makes it a passive action, but this doesn't work with present tense "~ing" verbs. The following are the correct ways that fit in your sentence:

is being trained (present, passive)
is training (present, active)
is/was trained (past participle)

has been trained (present perfect, passive)
has trained (present perfect, active)
has been training (present continuous, active)

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SY93

8 Dec 2016

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"has been trained" if the training is complete,
"is being trained" if not.

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Isoroku1996

8 Dec 2016

Japanese

@SY93
Thank you!!٩(♡ε♡ )۶

So, the two choices(2＆3) are both acceptable depending on context, right ?

and How do you think about 1＆4 ?

SY93

8 Dec 2016

English (US)

"has been training" is OK too, but in the case of a dog we usually say the dog is "being trained" (passive) rather than that the dog "is training" (active). It's acceptable though.

"has been trained" is correct, but be careful because you wrote "has being trained" in #2 which is not correct. have/has does not go in front of passive "being ~ed" verbs. You might have mixed up "been" and "being"

"is being training" is not correct. "being" in "being trained" makes it a passive action, but this doesn't work with present tense "~ing" verbs. The following are the correct ways that fit in your sentence:

is being trained (present, passive)
is training (present, active)
is/was trained (past participle)

has been trained (present perfect, passive)
has trained (present perfect, active)
has been training (present continuous, active)

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Isoroku1996

8 Dec 2016

Japanese

@SY93 Ah~ I didn't noticed the mistake ''has being ~ed''.(・∀・)
I appreciate your big effort !!(*´∀｀*)

Isoroku1996

9 Dec 2016

Japanese

@SY93
Sorry, one more please.
I guess the expression ''The dog has been training'' is acceptable only in a tale.
Is it right ?

SY93

9 Dec 2016

English (US)

@Isoroku1996 That's not necessarily true. You can say "has been training" in your original sentence and it will sound fine, it's just that I find that people say that the dog is being trained more often. It's acceptable, though.

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Isoroku1996

10 Dec 2016

Japanese

@SY93
I see.
Thank you for all !!

SY93

10 Dec 2016

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@Isoroku1996 My pleasure :)

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Darwin is a service dog that [？] to make life easier for physically handicapped people.

1.has been training
2.has being trained
3.is being trained
4.is being training

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"has been trained" if the training is complete,"is being trained" if not.

@Isoroku1996 That's not necessarily true. You can say "has been training" in your original sentence and it will sound fine, it's just that I find that people say that the dog is *being* trained more often. It's acceptable, though.

@Isoroku1996 My pleasure :)

Please answer this question.

Darwin is a service dog that [？] to make life easier for physically handicapped people.

1.has been training
2.has being trained
3.is being trained
4.is being training

"has been trained" if the training is complete,
"is being trained" if not.

@Isoroku1996 That's not necessarily true. You can say "has been training" in your original sentence and it will sound fine, it's just that I find that people say that the dog is being trained more often. It's acceptable, though.