Doubt about Grammer? I am being an engineer - is it correct or not?

[Makpandian]

Hi to my English teacher.

I am being an engineer .is it correct or not?

i want to know about how to use present continues in be form verb.

Give correct explanation.

Thanking You.

[Jamie (K)]

If you say, "I am being an engineer," it means that you are temporarily pretending to be an engineer.

If engineering is really your profession, you would have to say, "I am an engineer."

[Daemon99]

I am being an engineer doesn't always mean that you are not actually an engineer, does it?
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[Jamie (K)]

[Daemon99]

I can think of a situation where an engineer can say that. I could be wrong though. :)

Say, you are an electrical engineer good at fixing electrical problems. You go to a party with your wife. Everyone's enjoying the party just when the lights go off. People are disappointed. You go to the main supply and start fixing the problem. Your wife is a little pissed off that you are doing that in the party. She asks you, "Honey! What are you doing?" You smile and say, "I am just being an engineer."
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[Jamie (K)]

Yes, in that case it's possible, but he's really saying, "I'm just displaying my professional deformity." It's quite a different situation.

Another example: If you have a professor who's kind of crazy, and he is behaving in his typical crazy way, people might say, "He's just being Professor Schnozzledorfer," or whatever his name is.

[Makpandian]

Thanks a lot for one and all who clear my doubt.