Can you say have been being?

If you get into a discussion about the subject, it can easily turn out that "have been" is completely wrong and "have been being" is absolutely correct.
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Is have been being correct?

Short answer: It's grammatically correct but stylistically unusual. "I have been a good student since I started studying more" would be a smoother way to say basically the same thing.
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Have been being Meaning?

It is the present perfect progressive conjugation of "to be", describing an action (or in this case, a state) which began in the past, is continuous to the present, and may continue into the future. "I have been being sad" makes perfect sense to me.
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Do you say have been or have being?

As a rule the word 'been' is always used after 'have' whereas 'being' is never used after 'have'. It is used after 'be'. I have been busy. NOT I have being busy.
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Which is correct been or being?

Been can be used as a verb only, whereas being can be used as a verb, noun and gerund. While been is used with has, have and had, being is used with is, am, are, was and were. We can use being with prepositions, but we never use been.
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How do you use been and being?

As a rule, the word "been" is always used after "to have" (in any of its forms, e.g., "has," "had," "will have," "having"). Conversely, the word "being" is never used after "to have." "Being" is used after "to be" (in any of its forms, e.g., "am," "is," "are," "was," "were").
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How do you use being?

Uses of being
  1. Being can be followed by a past participle. ...
  2. Being late, he couldn't watch the show. ...
  3. Being a friend of the Minister, I am often invited to official parties. ...
  4. Being quite slim, I managed to squeeze through the small opening in the wall.
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Had been or have been?

“Had been” is used to mean that something happened in the past and has already ended. “Have been” and “has been” are used to mean that something began in the past and has lasted into the present time.
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Has been or have been?

"Has been" and "have been" are both in the present perfect tense. "Has been" is used in the third-person singular and "have been" is used for first- and second-person singular and all plural uses. The present perfect tense refers to an action that began at some time in the past and is still in progress.
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Has been or have been examples?

When and How to Use Have Been or Has Been
  • I have been to that city. ( present perfect) Shane has not been working on the tractor of late. ( ...
  • Courtney has been a team leader before. ( present perfect) ...
  • Until Roger became manager, the repair records had been vague at best. ( past perfect)
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How do you use being in a sentence?

Being sentence example
  1. He was being positively rude. ...
  2. All books are being scanned. ...
  3. He was caught being drunk in the back of a cab. ...
  4. Those films are being made now. ...
  5. Being groped by him again wasn't something she was looking forward to. ...
  6. I am a spiritually-centered person who loves every being she comes in contact with.
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Is it thanks for being or been?

"Thanks for being a good brother" is correct. We would never say, "Thanks for been a good brother." Being and been are both forms of the verb "to be". Being is the progressive form of the verb "to be."
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Is have been present?

The present perfect continuous is formed with have/has been and the -ing form of the verb. We normally use the present perfect continuous to emphasise that something is still continuing in the present: She has been living in Liverpool all her life. It's been raining for hours.
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Have been made meaning?

we have been made = we have been found out. = we have been discovered = they know about us, etc... "Get out of there, you've been made!"
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What is have been?

“Have been” is a verb used to form the present perfect tense, and when followed by a present participle (such as “running”, “walking”, “doing” etc.), the present perfect continuous tense. This means that an action is going on continuously and has not been completed at this moment.
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Have been working Meaning?

The sentence ”I have been working “ means that you have started working some time in the past and still continue to work at the present moment .
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Have been done meaning?

“have been done” is passive plural: My reports have been done. (I specify plural because in the singular it would be has: My report has been done.) “have done” is the active pluperfect (or “past perfect,” meaning an action fully completed in the past): I have done my reports.
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Can you start sentence with being?

Starting a sentence with "being" is perfectly correct, as long as you're using the gerund. (Or the noun "being" as in "a celestial being.") Gerunds are verbs (or rather verb phrases) that became nouns (err... noun phrases), so they function just like any other noun. That includes being the subject of a sentence.
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Have been used in which tense?

Reminder: have been is the present perfect tense of to be, and have gone is the present perfect tense of to go. However, in some contexts, the meanings can be different. I have been refers to a completed journey (or journeys) in the past.
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Were been or were being?

As a rule, the word been is always used after have (in any form, e.g., has, had, will have). The word being is never used after have. Being is used after to be (in any form, e.g., is, was, were).
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Has been completed or have been completed?

- is a sentence in the present perfect tense. You don't say, 'I have been completed'. You say, 'My homework has been completed. '
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Have been finished meaning?

“Has been finished” implies the work has been already completed, earlier. There is a time gap between the completed work and the present time. “Is finished" doesn't imply any time gap. It means the work had been completed just then, not some time ago.
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Has been made or have been made?

"Has been made" is the correct verb tense.
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