Is this [has been being] correct or wrong?
[My focus has been and will always be on my children…]
can this sentence be rewritten as
[My focus has been being on my children…]
Is this rewritten one correct or wrong, proper or weird?
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First sentence is good.
Second sentence is not good.
Second sentence should be.
"My focus has 'always' been on my children"
"been being" = two words that do not go together.
been= always has been in the past and now continuing.
being= present and continuing.
Therefore they clash and cannot go together. It sounds weird and unnatural to a native.
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Firstly, you don't need 2 verbs to be, because you already have one in 'has been'
Secondly, to be in this case is a stative verb and it cannot be in a continuous tense (the same goes for 'exist' for example. You cannot say I'm existing, but only I exist)
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Your original sentence is correct, "been being" is awkward in general, at least for that reason you shouldn't use it that way.
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