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[Silverobama]

The following conversation was between me and Eric.

Eric: Silver, you need to update again.
Silver: I’ll do that only if a club has been existed for a while.

Context: Eric started his own English club and he wanted me to add the detail of English club activity to a list; a list of the information of all the local English clubs in Chongqing. I said the above to him because he always changes his places of his club. A few months ago, his club was in district A and then he moved his club to somewhere else a few days later. Is the italic sentence natural? What can I say to him in natural? I don’t want to be polite.

 

[5jj]

Silver: I’ll do that only if a club has been existed for a while.

Silver!

 

[Silverobama]

I’ll do that only if a club has been existed for a while.

I think this is called present perfect passive voice. The club can't be existed itself, right?

 

[5jj]

Yes.

 

[Silverobama]

Yes.

I’ll do that only if a club has been existed for a while.

I wonder if this sentence is natural.

 

[5jj]

See posts #3 and 4.

 

[Silverobama]

See posts #3 and 4.

I looked up the word "exist" and found that it is intransitive. Is it still correct to say "has been existed"? Or you're just kidding me by telling me the sentence is natural?

 

[Rover_KE]

We wouldn't kid you in that way.

 

[SoothingDave]

No, it's not natural. You can't "exist" something else. Something simply exists.

 

[Silverobama]

We wouldn't kid you in that way.

Then in what way? Like what SoothingDave mentioned above, it should be "has existed" but 5jj still told me "Yes" it's natural.

If you don't want to help me, why do you bother youself reading my threads?

 

[tedmc]

Nobody said " has been existed" is natural. In fact, it's downright wrong, judging from 5jj's response in post #2.

 

[5jj]

Then in what way? Like what SoothingDave mentioned above, it should be "has existed" but 5jj still told me "Yes" it's natural.

I said 'Yes' in response to:

I think this is called present perfect passive voice. The club can't be existed itself, right?