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Pokh Posted 15 years ago
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Being
His right hand and arm being crippled by a sniper’s bullet during the First World War, Horace Pippin, a Black American painter, worked by holding the brush in his right hand and guiding its movements with his left.
I am bit confused about the uses of being in above sentence.. Does it signify the continuous nature of action..I mean does it mean that he was painting while his arms and hand being crippled?
Thanks
I am bit confused about the uses of being in above sentence.. Does it signify the continuous nature of action..I mean does it mean that he was painting while his arms and hand being crippled?
Thanks
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Being is used as causal clause equivalent. It gives the reason why Horace Pippin worked the way he worked. Because Horace Pippin's right hand and arm were/had been crippled by a sniper's bullit during the First World War , he worked by holding the brush in his right hand and guiding its movements with his left.
- Being is used as causal clause equivalent.
- It gives the reason why Horace Pippin worked the way he worked.
- Because Horace Pippin's right hand and arm were/had been crippled by a sniper's bullit during the First World War , he worked by holding the brush in his right hand and guiding its movements with his left.
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Being is used as causal clause equivalent. It gives the reason why Horace Pippin worked the way he worked.
Because Horace Pippin's right hand and arm were/had been crippled by a sniper's bullit during the First World War, he worked by holding the brush in his right hand and guiding its movements with his left.
Because Horace Pippin's right hand and arm were/had been crippled by a sniper's bullit during the First World War, he worked by holding the brush in his right hand and guiding its movements with his left.
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