"It's been taken CARE of" Versus "It's been taken CARED of". Which is grammatically correct?

Question

"It's been taken CARE of" Versus "It's been taken CARED of". Which is grammatically correct?

Answer 1

Neither are correct, but the one that is used is the first.

(Neither are correct because you can't end a sentence with "of", you would have to use an active construction: I've taken care of it/he's taken care of it. It's been taken cared of is wrong for the reasons above, but also, you wouldn't use two past participles one after the other anywhere in English).

Answer 2

1) It's (has) been taken CARE of.

You already have TAKEN as the Past Participle as the result of the passive present perfect tense.

2)CARE here is a noun, and you don't add "ed" to the noun.

3) The active sentence has been "somebody has taken care of it.", then the direct object (it) is taken to the beginning of the sentence, so "of" is stranded in the end of the sentence.

RESULT: "It's been taken CARE of." is correct.

Answer 3

I would say the latter.

Answer 4

CARE