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Being 是 BE 動詞的現在分詞，而 Been 是 BE 動詞的過去分詞。有些人還是三不五時會被這兩個看似簡單的分詞所搞混。這裡提供一個規則讓大家參考，been 一定用在 have (及其他 have 形式，如 has, had, will have 等) 之後，而 being 絕不會用在 have 之後。Being 是用在 BE 動詞之後 (及其他 be 形式，如 are, were, is, was 等)。例如：
- She is being very clever today. (她今天表現得很聰明) (正)
- She has being very clever today. (誤)
- They have been busy. (他們一直很忙) (正)
- They are been busy. (誤)
- Sophia has being working at that big company. (蘇菲亞一直在那家大公司工作) (誤) － being 不可位在 have 或 has 的後面。
Being 可用作名詞。例如：
- A human being (人；人類)
- A strange being stepped out of the spaceship. (一個奇怪的人步出了太空船)
Being 亦可用作動名詞 (動名詞也是名詞類，用法與名詞相同)。例如：
- Do you like being so careless? (你喜歡這麼粗心大意嗎？)
- The accident was caused by his being so clumsy. (這起事故肇因於他太笨手笨腳了)
- I live in terror of not being misunderstood. (我活在不被誤解的恐懼中)。這句話語出英國大文豪王爾德 (Oscar Wilde) － 竟然有人希望被誤解，以被誤解為榮。
一般而言，現在分詞和過去分詞都可以當形容詞來修飾名詞，但 being 和 been 不行。例如：
- Broken vase (破碎的花瓶) (正)
- Deleted file (刪除的檔案) (正)
- Cooking oil (烹飪油) (正)
- Jogging girl (慢跑的少女) (正)
- The been car (無意義) (誤)
- The being flower (無意義) (誤)
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