I've been offered a job/I was being offered a job ?

[ph2004]

What is correct : "Today I've been offered a job" or "Today I was being offered a job" ?

 

[e2e4]

/A learner/

This is how I, a learner, see it.

What is correct : "Today, I've been offered a job" or "Today, I was (being)offered a job" ?

Today, I've been offered a job. Correct for me.
Today, I was offered a job . In the evening, correct as well.

 

[5jj]

/A learner/

This is how I, a learner, see it.

Today, I've been offered a job. Correct for me.
Today, I was offered a job . In the evening, correct as well.

Thank you for following forum guidelines, e2e4 and making it clear that you are not a teacher :up:. I wish that others would do the same.

Thank you, too, for giving the correct response.

I will add simply that the second is probably more likely, The fact that that being offered a job is a punctual (single time-point) action suggests that the speaker is locating the action at a past time-point in his/her mind, even though it is still today.

 

[e2e4]

Thank you for following forum guidelines, e2e4 and making it clear that you are not a teacher :up:. I wish that others would do the same.

Thank you, too, for giving the correct response.

I will add simply that the second is probably more likely, The fact that that being offered a job is a punctual (single time-point) action suggests that the speaker is locating the action at a past time-point in his/her mind, even though it is still today.

Dear teacher fivejedjon, thank you for your kidnnes!
It's about that I like to help other learners and also to think about the matter and at length say my opinion after which the teachers are then able to get what I know and what I don't know that they can teach me the best way.

In addition, I must check up on you again.;-)

I am suspicious about the next

Thank you for following forum guidelines
Shouldn't it be
Thank you for following the forum guidelines.
:?:

If not, please let me know why "the" is not needed.

Thank you in advance

 

[birdeen's call]

Maybe a word of explanation is due about the word "being". If you used it, ph2004, you'd stress the duration of being offered a job. You don't want to do it usually. You just want to state the fact that you were offered a job. "Being" could be correct if you wanted to say that something else happened during your being offered a job.

 

[5jj]

I am suspicious about the next

Thank you for following forum guidelines
Shouldn't it be
Thank you for following the forum guidelines.
:?:

If not, please let me know why "the" is not needed.

I am not going to thank you again, e2e4, if you respond with difficult questions;-).

You are right in thinking that Thank you for following the forum guidelines is good English.

My version is also acceptable, but I am going to have to think about my answer to your final question before I submit it to your scrutiny.