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Is it a proper English sentence: Is button been animated??

It is possible at all to use the word been without have or has?

There are several issues, but that is not a standard English sentence — Henry, Aug 09 '17 at 14:50

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This sentence is not proper English because it uses present perfect progressive tense incorrectly.

Here is a description of the present perfect progressive tense (emphasis is mine):

The present perfect progressive is formed from the present tense of have, been (the past participle of be) and the past participle of the verb. It is used to refer to something that has been going on in the past and is still going on.

https://trans4mind.com/personal_development/writing/grammar/parts_of_speech/verbs.htm#mozTocId158155

This sentence meets the last two requirements for this tense, but not the first.

The only uses of been without have or has that I can think of are colloquial, where the have or has are implied. For example:

"Been to downtown Las Vegas lately?" (the "have you" is implied)

"Been a long time since we got together!" (the "it's" or "it has" is implied)

edited Jun 15 '20 at 07:40

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answered Aug 09 '17 at 15:07

Derek Croft

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I am become death, the destroyer of clumsy answers. – RegDwigнt Aug 09 '17 at 15:10
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By this reasoning "has been" is never correct, either. "The word has is present tense, while been is only a past participle verb. Thus has been, have gone, will do, was doing, will have been done are all not proper English because the verb tenses do not match." Your words, not mine. – RegDwigнt Aug 09 '17 at 15:12
Agreed. The entire sentence is attempting to be in the present perfect progressive tense, but since that tense requires the word has, the sentence is incorrect. – Derek Croft Aug 09 '17 at 15:16

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