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Sunny123 Posted 10 years ago
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Being a bank holiday the banks were shut.
Hello every one. Is the following sentence correct?
1. Being a bank holiday the banks were shut.
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1. Being a bank holiday the banks were shut.
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No. It / Today being a bank holiday, the banks were shut.
- No.
- It / Today being a bank holiday, the banks were shut.
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The wording is awkward, and would need a comma after "bank holiday." I use "closed" instead of "shut" but "shut" might be acceptable in other varieties of English.
The banks were closed because it was a holiday.
The banks were closed because it was a holiday.
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