I'm learning English. I'm wondering whether these sentences are correct. What does "been" here?
This is been a very good weekend. [incorrect?]
This is a very good weekend. [correct]
This road was been so slippery. [incorrect?]
This road was so slippery. [correct]
Bob is still been waiting for Jane. [incorrect?]
Bob is still waiting for Jane. [correct]
The radio is broken. [correct]
2007-07-17 09:10:18 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
Thanks for the answers.
I am going to close the question after a while.
These sentences I've encountered several times in a grammar book. I asked you because it seems strange for me. Maybe the sentences are meant to be Present Perfect but there is no {I have, he has, he's}.
"http://search.yahoo.com" has found 878,000 results where "is been" is used. I guess that is incorrect.
2007-07-17 10:21:56 · update #1
The grammar book says that all these sentences are correct.
2007-07-17 10:24:28 · update #2
THE BEST ANSWER
It was very difficult to choose the best answer because you're all right.
It's important that you confirm my doubt about "is been".
I've chosen an answer of Sue. Because I've never seen "having been" before.
2007-07-17 11:03:11 · update #3
Oops. I can't choose the best answer yet. I have to wait.
2007-07-17 11:06:49 · update #4
you have these correctly marked. you will never use "is been" in a sentence. it is "has been" or "having been".
good luck with learning English. it has a lot of exceptions to the rule.
2007-07-17 09:15:25 · answer #1 · answered by Sue 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
This HAS been a very good weekend. The one given was incorrect.
This is a very good weekend (this sounds awkward to me; this is being a very good weekend perhaps, not that the other is wrong, stricktly speaking). This was a very good weekend.
This road was slippery. This road has been so slippery. The "was been" is incorrect.
Bob is still waiting for Jane ("is still been" is incorrect).
The radio is broken (correct).
2007-07-17 21:08:17 · answer #2 · answered by tehabwa 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am learning english too, but I do know that several of your sentences are incorrect....
It should be:
This HAS been a very good weekend. (Present perfect simple tense)
The second is ok if you're talking on that weekend, not after.
This road HAS been so slippery. (Present perfect simple)
This one is ok.
Bob has been waiting for Jane. (Present perfect continuous)
This is ok.
You're mixing present perfect with passive... be careful with past participes. Good luck!!
2007-07-17 16:18:48 · answer #3 · answered by Mar 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
This HAS been a very good weekend.
This is a very good weekend. (Either is correct)
This road HAS been so slippery.
This road was so slippery. [Either is correct]
Bob HAS been waiting for Jane.
Bob is still waiting for Jane. [Either is correct]
The radio is broken. [correct]
When you use been, you need to add has or have. It has been, they have been - never is. Is is present and been indicates past.
2007-07-17 16:18:05 · answer #4 · answered by t_rex_is_mad 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can't say the word "is" and put it with "been". It has to have a "had" or a "have". This "has been" a very good weekend. This road "has been" slippery. Bob "has been" waiting for Jane. Make sense?
2007-07-17 16:15:33 · answer #5 · answered by *Cara* 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This (has) been a very good weekend. [incorrect?]
This is a very good weekend. [correct]
This road (has) been so slippery. [incorrect?]
This road was so slippery. [correct]
Bob (has) been waiting for Jane. [incorrect?]
Bob is still waiting for Jane. [correct]
The radio is broken. [correct]
The changes will make them all correct. Change to has.
2007-07-17 16:15:26 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Been is a past participle of to be. Is is the present tense of to be. Adding been to these sentences makes them rather awkward and unitelligible. Been is always preceeded by have or has. I have been thinking about that. There has been some doubt for a long time. The use of been in your sentences above is incorrect because the sentences already use is.
2007-07-17 16:21:49 · answer #7 · answered by fangtaiyang 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When you use "been" it is a Past tense form you always say "has been" never "is been".
For example:
"This has been a very good weekend"-Past Tense
"This road is slippery"-Present tense
"Bob has still been waiting for Jane"
2007-07-17 16:19:12 · answer #8 · answered by Vanity19 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your examples are bad. Why don't you just do something like, "This was a good weekend." "The road was slippery."
Your statement about Bob is definitely incorrect!
2007-07-17 16:22:07 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
This has been a very good weekend.
This is a very good weekend. [correct]
This road was so slippery.
This road was so slippery. [correct]
Bob is still waiting for Jane. [Bob is still waiting for Jane. [correct]
The radio is broken. [correct]
2007-07-17 16:14:34 · answer #10 · answered by Doethineb 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
This has been a very good weekend.
This was a very good weekend.
This road has been so slippery.
This road was so slippery.
Bob has still been waiting for Jane.
Bob is still waiting for Jane.
2007-07-17 16:35:00 · answer #11 · answered by Pásame la Sal 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋