Question at position 36 I have been being very tired lately because of AP testing. This sentence is incorrect. Why?"have" should be "had"been is not the past participle of "be"The "be" verb is a stative verb, and we usually don't use stative verbs in the progressive tense

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Question: The sentence 'I have been being very tired lately because of AP testing.' is incorrect. Why?
Options:
1) "have" should be "had"
2) been is not the past participle of "be"
3) The "be" verb is a stative verb, and we usually don't use stative verbs in the progressive tense

Now, let's evaluate each option in turn.
Option 1: "have" should be "had".
- This option claims a past tense correction for the auxiliary "have". In the present perfect progressive form, the correct auxiliary is "have/has been" followed by the -ing form of the main verb. The sentence in question uses "have been being" which already contains a form of "be" in the progressive aspect. Simply changing the first "have" to "had" would shift the tense to the past, but it would not address the issue of the sequence of tenses or the awkwardness of stacking another progressive -ing form (being). Moreover, the underlying structure "have been being" is unusual and typically considered incorrect in standard English for this context. So this option identifies a potential tense issue but does not capture the core problem.
Option 2: "been is not the past participle of "be".
- Here, the claim is that "been" is not the past participle of the verb "be." In fact, "been" is the past participle of "be" and is correctly used in perfect tenses (present perfect, past perfect, present perfect progressive, etc.). Therefore, this statement is factually false and cannot explain why the sentence is incorrect. This choice rests on a mischaracterization of the verb forms, making it incorrect.
Option 3: The "be" verb is a stative verb, and we usually don't use stative verbs in the progressive tense.
- This option points to a widely taught nuance: many stative verbs (like have, know, love, believe, exist, etc.) describe states rather than actions, and they are not typically used in the progressive aspect. The verb "be" is actually a perceiver of states rather than an action verb, and while some insist that stative verbs generally do not take the progressive, the form "have been being" uses a continuous (progressive) construction with a verb that is itself being used as another auxiliary (have/been). The real issue in the given sentence is that the combination "have been being" is redundantly progressive and sounds awkward; actually, the problem is more about the awkward layering of tenses and the rarity of progressive with certain stative uses of "be". This option captures the core grammatical tension around using stative verbs in the progressive, and it aligns with common explanations for why the sentence feels incorrect.

In summary:
- Option 1 identifies a potential tense tweak but doesn’t address the precise core error.
- Option 2 makes a false claim about the form of the past participle, which undermines the option’s validity.
- Option 3 highlights the general rule about stative verbs and progressive aspect, which explains why the sentence feels off and is the most accurate description of the problem among the three options.

Question at position 36 I have been being very tired lately because of AP testing. This sentence is incorrect. Why?"have" should be "had"been is not the past participle of "be"The "be" verb is a stative verb, and we usually don't use stative verbs in the progressive tense

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