Who’s been paying the bills? (is or has)

[Bambook]

"Who’s been paying the bills?" The page (link below) says it is "Who is been ...". But I think it should be "Who has been ..". Please comment.

Questions: wh- questions

Questions: wh- questions - English Grammar Today - a reference to written and spoken English grammar and usage - Cambridge Dictionary

dictionary.cambridge.org

 

[Rover_KE]

You're right.

 

[teechar]

Where does it say that?

 

[Bambook]

Where does it say that?

On the first screen. In the first line of the table. Try running a search "Who’s been paying the bills".

 

[emsr2d2]

I can see that sentence on the main screen but I can't see where they claim it's short for "Who is been ...". Above that sentence, the explanation says "We usually form wh-questions with wh- + an auxiliary verb (be, do or have) + subject + main verb, or wh_ + a modal verb + subject + main verb". The eight sentences below that statement, including the one in question, all fit into those categories. The sentence in question includes the auxiliary verb "has" which comes under the infinitive "have" (above in bold).

 

[Piscean]

The auxiliary verb, which I have put in bold, is meant to apply to both sentences on its line.

Be: When are you leaving?	Who’s been paying the bills?
Do: Where do they live?	Why didn’t you call me?
Have: What has she done now?	What have they decided?
Modal: Who would she stay with?	Where should I park?

 

[emsr2d2]

Ahh, I didn't realise that. I thought they were just eight examples of the rules above them. In that case, they've certainly made a huge error!

 

[Bambook]

Piscean, thank you for your support. I did not know how to insert the table here. Eh. It is sad that the page had a mistake. I had taken their information as 100% correct. And it took me many hours of considering and checking around before I went to ask from you. Thank you all for help.

 

[Skrej]

I imagine it's more of an editing or proofreading error. I doubt they intentionally meant to say "who's been=who is been", although that is how one would interpret the layout.

Regardless, it is a careless error that slipped past an editor.

 

[PeterCW]

I imagine it's more of an editing or proofreading error. I doubt they intentionally meant to say "who's been=who is been", although that is how one would interpret the layout.

Regardless, it is a careless error that slipped past an editor.

Editors do make mistakes. I know that from bitter experience

 

[Tarheel]

On the first screen. In the first line of the table. Try running a search "Who’s been paying the bills".

Simply ask yourself what makes sense. Does "Who is been paying the bills make sense?

 

[Bambook]

Simply ask yourself what makes sense. Does "Who is been paying the bills make sense?

Ehh. It was not simple at all . It took me quite some efforts before I went to ask from you.

 

[emsr2d2]

Ehh.

This is not an English word.

It was not simple at all.

If you must use an emoji, put it after the closing punctuation mark.

It took me quite some efforts I tried hard to work it out myself before I went came [here] to ask from you.

When the phrase "take quite some effort" is appropriate, note that it's "effort" (singular).

 

[Tarheel]

@Bambook "Who is been paying the bills" simply does not make sense. No native speaker would say that. "Who is paying the bills?" is possible, but that's not the sentence in question.

 

[emsr2d2]

@Bambook "Who is been paying the bills?" simply does not make sense. No native speaker would say that. "Who is paying the bills?" is possible, but that's not the sentence in question.

To be fair, the OP spotted the error themselves in that book. They weren't suggesting "Who is been ...?" was grammatically correct. They were checking with us that it was an error in the book and it is.