Which is correct? “To be done business” or “to do business with”

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Could some help to clear my confusion as I am uncertain which sentence is grammatically correct:

He is not the right person to be done business with.  
  He is not right person to do business with.

Lastly, as far as I know "to be" is always followed by verb3rd form, but some one told me that in this case:

...to be doing business

is correct, but I highly doubt it.

Can some one give a link explaining this topic? I searched on Google but couldn't find to be + ing. It's mostly to be is followed by 3rd form.

Aidan Arthur · Answer

2 is correct if you mean that you will be doing business in the future and are doubtful as to whether you should do it with him.

You could use either "To do" or "To be doing" if you are currently doing business.
I hope this helps!

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