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#1 (permalink) Wed Dec 14, 2011 11:47 am burning/being burned

1. He smelled something burning. 2. He smelled something being burned. Are these two OK? Are they same by meaning?

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#2 (permalink) Wed Dec 14, 2011 12:53 pm burning/being burned

They are okay, but (1) means that something was burning for any reason (maybe it caught fire by itself), and (2) means that a person was deliberately burning something.

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