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What is the grammatical form and function of "being" in the context?
If we remove "being", would the sentence be still grammatically correct?
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Jigneshbharati What is the grammatical form and function of "being" in the context? It's a linking verb (in non-finite form). Jigneshbharati If we remove "being", would the sentence be still grammatically correct?
- Jigneshbharati What is the grammatical form and function of "being" in the context?
- It's a linking verb (in non-finite form).
- Jigneshbharati If we remove "being", would the sentence be still grammatically correct?
- Yes.
- You can often do that with a non-finite clause, and it works here.
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JigneshbharatiWhat is the grammatical form and function of "being" in the context?
It's a linking verb (in non-finite form).
JigneshbharatiIf we remove "being", would the sentence be still grammatically correct?
Yes. You can often do that with a non-finite clause, and it works here.
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