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has not been vs has been not

'Has not been' and 'has been not' are grammatically correct, but 'has not been' is a far more commonly used and natural construction. 'Has not been' is the standard way to negate the verb 'has been' in English.
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has not been

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is used to negate the verb 'has been'. For example: 'He has not been to the store.'

Examples:

  • She has not been feeling well lately.
  • They have not been able to find a solution.
  • I have not been to that restaurant before.
  • He has not been studying for the exam.
  • We have not been receiving any updates.
  • I got an error "The batch has not been flushed before being closed." while lading csv into Oracle. Please share any info about what this error means.
  • Dec 10, 2014 ... I've installed Veeam Endpoint Backup Beta and I have this yellow bar at the top of the control panel. It says: Recovery appliance has not been created Details.
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  • Apr 28, 2022 ... I want to highlight a cell named "this week's progress" if it has not been edited in the past 8 days so the viewing audience will know it ...
  • May 8, 2020 ... I am using your given example 2 and when i am running this application its showing me Zoom SDK has not been initialized successfully. How to resolve this issue?
  • May 22, 2020 ... An essential component used by Dorico for playback has not been found. Please run the Steinberg Download assistant and install the package: Dorico Pro 3 Sounds ...

Alternatives:

  • hasn't been
  • has never been
  • hasn't been able to
  • hasn't been feeling
  • hasn't been going

has been not

This phrase is correct, but less commonly used in English.

This phrase is used to negate the verb 'has been', but it is less common and can sound awkward in some contexts. For example: 'He has been not feeling well lately.'

Examples:

  • She has been not feeling well lately.
  • They have been not able to find a solution.
  • I have been not to that restaurant before.
  • He has been not studying for the exam.
  • We have been not receiving any updates.
  • May 21, 2014 ... Or 'the service has not been available since Monday'. But as regards the original question 'has been not avialable' sounds awkward and unusual.
  • Jan 16, 2024 ... Akali's E BUG has been not solved. Question. Hello,. I have posted this problem since last patch and it seems that some have this and others ...
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  • Jul 10, 2024 ... GF getting real frustrated w/MK8 issues & dealership has been NOT great. Maintenance. Sorry, this post was deleted by the person who ...
  • Mar 26, 2024 ... My business website has been not visible to customers for nearly a month now and the situation is now critical. We get the vast majority of ...
  • Dec 25, 2017 ... Solved: Hi, is it possible to write JQL to find issues where status has been not changed for more than 48h? If yes, how? ;) JIRA version: ...
  • Jul 25, 2019 ... All my emails gone. Have not been able to recover any of them. Google has been not help. Any Suggestions. Thanks. bkc56. Diamond Product Expert.
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  • Aug 17, 2023 ... My gmail account is through my google business domain and gmail has been not working for 36 hours. My Google business domain was registered ...
  • Mar 11, 2009 ... Adobe is the one that has been not working since the switch to Exchange. Top. Ask your General Acrobat Topics questions in Questions ...

Alternatives:

  • has not been
  • has never been
  • hasn't been able to
  • hasn't been feeling
  • hasn't been going

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