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Publication Date: 1984
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A Note on the Passive Progressive in English.
Nehls, Dietrich
International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, v22 n4 p271-75 Nov 1984
Formulates the following rules for the use of the passive progressive in English: (1) if the verbal predication is "telic" we have to use the passive progressive in order to express that the action is still going on, and (2) if the verbal predication is "atelic" the use of the passive progressive is facultative. (SED)
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Syntax, Tenses (Grammar), Verbs
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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