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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Being

Original sentence: "When I was walking along the street, I met Tom."
Modified sentence: "Being walking along the street, I met Tom." - Is that grammatically correct or incorrect?
  

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" - Is that grammatically correct or incorrect? Wrong. Leave out being: Walking along the street, I met Tom.

  • " - Is that grammatically correct or incorrect?
  • Wrong.
  • Leave out being: Walking along the street, I met Tom.
  • Being is usually used in causal clause equivalents: Being tired, I went to bed.
  • ) CB
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Anonymous "Being walking along the street, I met Tom." - Is that grammatically correct or incorrect?
Wrong. Leave out being: Walking along the street, I met Tom.

Being is usually used in causal clause equivalents: Being tired, I went to bed. (= Because I was tired, I went to bed.)

CB

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