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The sentence below has been divided into three parts. Select the part of the sentence that has an error. If the sentence has no error, select the opti
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The sentence below has been divided into three parts. Select the part of the sentence that has an error. If the sentence has no error, select the option 'No Error'.
He will have been being disheartened/ by the telephone opinion/ poll published yesterday.

A.

He will have been being disheartened

B.

No error

C.

by the telephone opinion

D.

poll published yesterday.

Correct option is A

Option (a) contains an error.
· The tense “will have been being” is grammatically incorrect and awkward, especially with a stative verb like “disheartened.”
· Such complex continuous passive structures are rarely used and are considered ungrammatical in modern English.
· The correct structure would be “He will have been disheartened…”
Correct sentence: He will have been disheartened by the telephone opinion poll published yesterday.
Grammatical rule used:
Avoid using “being” with perfect continuous passive forms. Passive voice typically does not adopt this kind of perfect progressive passive construction.
Example:
· Incorrect: He will have been being informed.
· Correct: He will have been informed.

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