[Grammar] passive gerund continous form

[vaibhavmaskar]

continuous - "Being employed" in the textile industry, he knew all about materials.

Why writer called, this is continuous form? Could anyone explain with example?

http://random-idea-english.blogspot.in/2011/05/participles-and-participle-lauses.html?m=1(source)

 

[MikeNewYork]

I wouldn't call this a continuous form, that is usually reserved for verbs. I also would not call this a gerund. A gerund is an -ing verbal used as a noun. This is a present participle that introduces a participial phrase (being employed in the textile industry). The participial phrase acts an adjective modifying the pronoun "he".

 

[5jj]

I agree that it's a participle, but consider that to be one of the non-finite forms of a verb.

 

[vaibhavmaskar]

"Being employed" means "he was being employed" in this sentence. Is this right?

 

[5jj]

Not really. It has the sense of 'as he was employed'.