Rezafo
Junior Member
- Joined
- Aug 11, 2011
- Member Type
- Interested in Language
- Native Language
- Persian
- Home Country
- Iran
- Current Location
- Iran
[FONT="]which one is correct?[/FONT]
[FONT="]A. The water is boiling. [/FONT]
[FONT="]B. The water is being boiled. [/FONT]
[FONT="]I wrote the first one, but somebody said that the water looks like the subject of the verb so it must be in passive form as the sentence B. I said that one of the boil meaning is " to undergo the process of boiling" so I feel that I can say "the water is boiling' [/FONT]
[FONT="]by they way, in this sentence we try to mean that "right now" the water is boiling. Like " Hey the water is boiling, could you please turn the oven off?"[/FONT]
[FONT="]Please help. [/FONT]
[FONT="]thanks.[/FONT]
[FONT="]A. The water is boiling. [/FONT]
[FONT="]B. The water is being boiled. [/FONT]
[FONT="]I wrote the first one, but somebody said that the water looks like the subject of the verb so it must be in passive form as the sentence B. I said that one of the boil meaning is " to undergo the process of boiling" so I feel that I can say "the water is boiling' [/FONT]
[FONT="]by they way, in this sentence we try to mean that "right now" the water is boiling. Like " Hey the water is boiling, could you please turn the oven off?"[/FONT]
[FONT="]Please help. [/FONT]
[FONT="]thanks.[/FONT]