Learn English – the difference between become and be become
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What is the difference between become and be become?
For example,
I become deaf.
I am become deaf.
Best Answer
"I become deaf" is the present tense.
"I am become deaf" is an archaic form of the present perfect tense. Today, we would say, "I have become deaf." This phrasing is only familiar in J. Robert Oppenheimer's quoting of the Bhagavad-Gita in reference to the creation of the atomic bomb: "I am become death, the destroyer of worlds".
Been is the past participle of the verb to be and being is its present progressive participle (and thus is often used as a noun describing one who exists, such as a human being).
These two words have a large semantic overlap, but at the edges there are a few key differences.
Electric is used to describe things pertaining to electricity. It can also be used metaphorically: "the evening was electric".
Electrical can be used nearly everywhere that electric is used when pertaining to electricity (aside from some set phrases). It is not generally used metaphorically in the way electric is. The word electrical can also be used in an additional domain: things concerning electricity. So, generally, people do not say "electric engineer" unless the engineer runs on electricity; instead they say "electrical engineer".
So, in the case of "electric(al) machine" from your question, since you are talking about something that runs on electricity, the two words are essentially identical in meaning.
Best Answer
"I become deaf" is the present tense.
"I am become deaf" is an archaic form of the present perfect tense. Today, we would say, "I have become deaf." This phrasing is only familiar in J. Robert Oppenheimer's quoting of the Bhagavad-Gita in reference to the creation of the atomic bomb: "I am become death, the destroyer of worlds".