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Hasibrahman Posted 5 years ago
Grammar

Being

Can I omit "being" here? Is it used as a noun here?Can I say "as long as he/she is alive" instead of "being"?


?It's(BARE BONES) original meaning is a skinny person to the maximum extent of skinniness who looks like a skeleton and couldn’t further weaken being alive.

  

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Hasibrahman It's Its (BARE BONES) original meaning is a skinny person to the maximum extent of skinniness who looks like a skeleton. and couldn’t further weaken being alive. The last clause is faulty.

— CalifJim

  • Hasibrahman It's Its (BARE BONES) original meaning is a skinny person to the maximum extent of skinniness who looks like a skeleton.
  • and couldn’t further weaken being alive.
  • The last clause is faulty.
  • You might write and couldn't become [thinner / skinnier] and still be alive.
  • CJ
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HasibrahmanIt's Its (BARE BONES) original meaning is a skinny person to the maximum extent of skinniness who looks like a skeleton. and couldn’t further weaken being alive.

The last clause is faulty. You might write

and couldn't become [thinner / skinnier] and still be alive.

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