
Originally Posted by
Casiopea
I agree with the other posters. Sentences 1. and 3. are grammatically correct, whereas 2. and 4. are ungrammatical (*).
2. *The telephone number mentioned in the list is being wrong.
4. *The telephone number in the list is being wrong.
"is being" is synonymous with "is acting" or "is behaving":
EX: ?The number is acting wrong.
EX: ?The number is behaving wrong.
Given certain contexts those examples might work, but in general, a number is a thing that cannot process information; it's not an animate entity; e.g., a person, and even a computer, so it cannot act or behave in a certain way.
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