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Maybe this is what you are saying, but doesn't "... have been watched" imply that the being watched is finished, compared to have been being watched" implies a that the watching is (or might be) still ongoing, i.e. the use of simple past vs present perfect continuous(?)



No, "have been being watched" is the past progressive. It implies that the being watched was an ongoing thing at that time, not that it's still continuing.




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