Hello...active or passive

[big_Lebowski]

Hello,

i am new here and i'm looking for some help by english learning.
My question:

Is " I have been married " active or passive sentence ?

 

[TheParser]

Hello,

i am new here and i'm looking for some help by english learning.
My question:

Is " I have been married " active or passive sentence ?

***** NOT A TEACHER *****


Hello,


(1) It might be easier to analyze if we add a few words:

I have been married for ten years.

(2) In my 1988 edition of Longman English Grammar, it says

that "Some participles used as adjectives[my emphasis]

combine with have/had been":

My uncle has been retired for more than five years.
She's been gone for half an hour.

(3) I think, therefore, that we can conclude that your sentence is

NOT a passive sentence. It describes a state, not an action.

(4) That book also says that if a participle is used as an adjective,

it cannot be used wth by + an agent. In other words, you cannot

say "I have been married for ten years by the priest."


James

 

[big_Lebowski]

hi,


"I have been married for two years" say that i am still married ...

and
what does " I have been married " mean ??

 

[Barb_D]

hi,


"I have been married for two years" say that i am still married ...

and
what does " I have been married " mean ??

As a full sentence, without any other words, I would assume you are no longer married.

 

[SoothingDave]

I would assume he was still married. If he said "I had been married for two years" I would assume he no longer was.

 

[Dawood Usmani]

Hello,

i am new here and i'm looking for some help by english learning.
My question:

Is " I have been married " active or passive sentence ?

I have been married + time makes sense but only I have been married makes no sense at all. I have never seen such a sentence used all alone.
It would be helpful if you provide us with the original sentence with context.
Hope this has helped.

 

[Barb_D]

I would assume he was still married. If he said "I had been married for two years" I would assume he no longer was.

Dave, really? You wouldn't expect "I AM married" to mean he was still married?

A context is easy enough to imagine. Three men are having a conversation, two complaining about their wives. The third guy says something like "Yeah, I know what you mean" and one others says "What would you know? You're not married!" and he says "I've been married."

 

[Raymott]

"I have been married + time" makes sense but only "I have been married" makes no sense at all. I have never seen such a sentence used all alone.
It would be helpful if you provide us with the original sentence with context.
Hope this has helped.

I agree. By itself (which doesn't happen) it just means that at some stage in the past, "I" was married.

 

[SoothingDave]

Dave, really? You wouldn't expect "I AM married" to mean he was still married?

A context is easy enough to imagine. Three men are having a conversation, two complaining about their wives. The third guy says something like "Yeah, I know what you mean" and one others says "What would you know? You're not married!" and he says "I've been married."

I was not thinking this was a complete sentence. I was thinking "I have been married for x years."