"After the job done, they are packing up to leave."

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"After the job done, they are packing up to leave."

The book says 'being' is omitted between the job and done like "After the job being done," but I learned that 'being' cannot be omitted when subjects are different like

It being nice, I will go on a picnic.

And then when subjects are different, can 'being' be omitted or not? Or is there a specific case when 'being' is omitted although subjects are different?

What do you native English speakers think? Thank you so much as usual in advance!

Khoff · Accepted Answer

Hans51"After the job done, they are packing up to leave."

This native speaker find that a very awkward sentence. I would say "Having finished the job, they are packing up to leave." or "Now that the job is done, they are packing up to leave."

GPY · Answer

1. After the job (being) done, they are packing up to leave.
This is wrong with or without "being".

2. The job (being) done, they are packing up to leave.
This is better without "being" in my view, but I guess it is acceptable with.

3. It/Its being nice, I will go on a picnic.
I guess it is grammatical for your purposes. It seems strained though, probably because the structure is for written English but the content seems conversational.

4. It nice, I will go on a picnic.
This is wrong.

With "being" omitted, I think the word in the position of "done" has to be a participle or one of a certain group of adjectives. Arbitrary adjectives probably won't work. Subject "It" is also likely to work less well. For example, "It done, ...", while theoretically possible, is unusual or awkward in practice.

I don't think I understand what you mean by "subjects are different" or how this is relevant to the issue of "being". Do you mean, for example, that "job" and "they" are different in (2)?

I feel I may not have completely understood your question ...

"After the job done, they are packing up to leave."

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