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Anonymous Posted 6 years ago
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Being

If you’re writing “Thanks for being my best friend” to your friend but you don’t see each other or talk to each other anymore because you both live in different country, is “being” correct? If not how do you say that and is there any other way you could say the same thing?
  

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You could say. “Thanks for having been my best friend” This places the end of the 'best friendship' in the past. But do you really want to tell the person that he is no longer your best friend?

— Clive

  • You could say.
  • “Thanks for having been my best friend” This places the end of the 'best friendship' in the past.
  • But do you really want to tell the person that he is no longer your best friend?
  • Perhaps he will feel sad?
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You could say. “Thanks for having been my best friend”

This places the end of the 'best friendship' in the past.

But do you really want to tell the person that he is no longer your best friend? Perhaps he will feel sad?

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anonymous is “being” correct?

Yes. It has nothing to do with where you live or how often you talk.

After a preposition (for) the only correct verb form is the -ing form.

You're saying You are my best friend. The -ing form of are is being, so being has to come after Thanks for.

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What if you’re sending something to him and in the note you write, “Thanks for having been my best friend”, like Clive says. Then he wouldn’t be sad right?

“being” even if you’re not friends anymore?

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