Been and Being

[pandadynamic]

Sorry for posting 2 time.

What is difference between been and being? Very confused.

Can someone pls help me?

 

[Raymott]

They are both forms of the verb "to be"
'Been' is the past participle. 'Being' is the present participle.

 

[Tdol]

Give us an example where you're trying to use them so we can comment.

 

[pandadynamic]

E.g. 1 The disease has being gathering momentum for sometime now.
E.g. 2 That been said, we have to understand how much impact Q's work has had on imaging.

 

[MikeNewYork]

You have them reversed. Use "been" in the first and "being" in the second. In the second you could use "that having been said".

 

[Raymott]

E.g. 1 The disease has being gathering momentum...

Note that we don't say "I have being speaking; He has being walking ...", and we don't say the above.
We do say "The disease is being treated."

 

[MikeNewYork]

I don't understand your post.

I have been speaking for two hours about improved nutrition.
He has been walking for two hours.

 

[Raymott]

I don't understand your post.

Mine? That usually happens when you don't read it properly before replying, Mike. Or you don't think. I'm not sure which, but it happens quite a lot.

In any case, I can see how my post might be a little bit cryptic for a learner, so I'll explain.
We use the auxiliary 'to have' with the past participle. "I have been speaking."
We use the auxiliary 'to be' with the present participle, "I am being treated."
Preface my previous post with those lines, and you should get it.

 

[MikeNewYork]

When I don't understand your posts, it is usually because you did not write clearly. You said we don't say "I have have been speaking" and "He has been walking". In fact, we do.

 

[Raymott]

When I don't understand your posts, it is usually because you did not write clearly. You said we don't say "I have have been speaking" and "He has been walking". In fact, we do.

As I say, Mike, if you don't read the message, you'll get a mistaken idea of what it says. We all misread posts at times, heaven knows, but you've made it an art form. Would you like to try for a third reading?
Hint: Read what's there; not what you'd like to be there.

 

[emsr2d2]

Raymott's post seemed perfectly clear.

He is quite right that we don't say "I have being speaking ..." or "He has being walking ..." or "The disease has being gathering momentum".

 

[MikeNewYork]

I read what was there. You might what to write what you actually mean. You have turned misdirection into an art form. You might wish to consider what the students will think.

 

[Raymott]

Did you read emsr2d2's post?
The only reason I bother replying to you is that I do consider what the students think. I could ask you humbly to read it a fourth time, but you seem happier in your ignorance. For God's sake, it's still there in black and white. It hasn't been edited. Print it out and get it analysed. Get someone else to read it and explain it to you. Any student can go back and work out who is the goose here.
And please don't persist in lying about what I've written.

 

[MikeNewYork]

Lying? I quoted exactly what you wrote. You, as always, seem to think you're infallible. You're not.

 

[Raymott]

Lying? I quoted exactly what you wrote. You, as always, seem to think you're infallible. You're not.

Oh, I think I'm getting it. It's an actual vendetta, and you don't care about your own integrity. Well, you take it easy, Mike.

 

[MikeNewYork]

Vendetta? Paranoid much? Whatever.

 

[emsr2d2]

Seriously?

Mike, please read the original post again. I have quoted it in post #11 and what Raymott said is still correct. We do not say "I have being speaking" etc. That post has not been edited at any time. It says what it said all along and everything written in it is correct.

Without wishing to sound like I'm saying "Right, I've said my piece. End of conversation" (as one of our previous members was so fond of saying), I'm going to close this thread for now to avoid any more verbal fisticuffs. Another moderator can open it again if needed.