Adjective clause

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My neighbor says there will be no apple this year. He is very passionate."

My neighbor who is very passionate says there will be no apple this year.

can it be:
"My nieghbor being very passionate says there will be no apple this year"

it is known that adjective clause can be reduced with verb (to be). Is this reduction correct ?

and

" petre suggested stopping at the next town. He had been driving all day.'

Peter who had been driving all day suggested
stopping at the next town.

can it be reduced ?

Mr Wordy · Accepted Answer

"My neighbor says there will be no apple this year. He is very passionate." -- I don't understand what you mean by "no apple this year". What is the context of this statement?

"My neighbor, who is very passionate, says there will be no apple this year." -- Insert commas.

"My neighbor, being very passionate, says there will be no apple this year." -- Insert commas. The meaning is similar, but this sentence more strongly indicates that he is saying this thing because he is passionate. (In practice, the other sentences probably would also be understood that way, but they don't say it so explicitly.)

"Peter suggested stopping at the next town. He had been driving all day."

"Peter, who had been driving all day, suggested stopping at the next town." -- Insert commas. I don't see any obvious way to rewrite this analogously to the "being very passionate" sentence, if that's what you're asking.*

*Edit: I suppose it's possible to say "Peter, being tired from driving all day, suggested stopping at the next town", but I'd prefer to write this as "Peter, who was tired from driving...".

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