Passive subjunctive perfect progressive

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Well, I think this calls for a knee-slide, don’t you?
Well, I think this calls for a knee-slide, don’t you?
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A passive subjunctive perfect progressive is the kind of grammatical construction one would want if one were to have had been being used as a pawn in a game of ninja legal drafting.

The definition of “passive progressive”: someone who says:

“If that construction were to have had been being used as a passive subjunctive perfect progressive, would you hold it against me? That is to say, would it have had been being held against me by you?”


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