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Robsee Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

Being

I saw the following sentence in a German magazine:
Some places, they call it a rodeo.
Here, they call it a cowboy being a cowboy.

My problem is this "being" in the second sentence. I would have written the sentence like this:
Here, they call it a cowboy who is a cowboy.

Thanks in advance
Robert
  

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Hi, a cowboy being a cowboy. Means he is performing as or showing the nature of a cowboy. Perhaps there was another cowboy there who was not being a cowboy .

— Clive

  • Hi, a cowboy being a cowboy.
  • Means he is performing as or showing the nature of a cowboy.
  • Perhaps there was another cowboy there who was not being a cowboy .
  • People thought this second guy was an accountant.
  • At a party, when I have a lampshade on my head and I'm dancing on the table, my wife sometimes says 'Clive, stop being an idiot' .
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Hi,

a cowboy being a cowboy. Means he is performing as or showing the nature of a cowboy. Perhaps there was another cowboy there who was not being a cowboy. People thought this second guy was an accountant.

At a party, when I have a lampshade on my head and I'm dancing on the table, my wife sometimes says 'Clive, st
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Clive Usually, I take off the lampshade and get off the table at that point.

And then you go back to your room, and sulk...
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Hi,

To get the proper effect, you have to be dancing on a table. Otherwise, it's silly.

Clive
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RobseeI saw the following sentence in a German magazine:
Some places, they call it a rodeo.
Here, they call it a cowboy being a cowboy.

My problem is this "being" in the second sentence. I would have written the sentence like this:
Here, they call it a cowboy who is a cowboy.

Thanks in advance
Robert

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