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by sumithshah » Fri Aug 22, 2008 7:00 am
I think the principal difference is who is doing the action


They have been stung by the bee ( bee did the action)

They have stung the bee ( they did the action)

I realize this doesn' address the +ed issue - but I could not come up with an example.

If you post a sentence and its options, I would be more than happy to help.
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by mastbombay » Fri Aug 22, 2008 11:14 am
I agree with you.......the primary difference in using

have been + ed
and
have + ed

will be clear by following example.

students have posted these queries.

These queris have been posted by the students.

Basically its usage of subject. In general , if the subject , about which we are, has done the action , we use have +ed, i.e. active form

but if sentense is in passive form, we use have been +ed.
sumithshah wrote:I think the principal difference is who is doing the action


They have been stung by the bee ( bee did the action)

They have stung the bee ( they did the action)

I realize this doesn' address the +ed issue - but I could not come up with an example.

If you post a sentence and its options, I would be more than happy to help.
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