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User_gary Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

being as main verb

0 Could anyone give me some examples where `being' is used as the main verb? 0-
  

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0 Being so ill, I even couldn't get out of the bed. 0-

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0 Being so ill, I even couldn't get out of the bed. 0-
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00Is this the same (I am being so ill, couldn't get out of the bed)?0-
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00Is this the same (I am being so ill, couldn't get out of the bed)? This sentence is wrong.0-
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00I can't imagine an example in which you could use 'being' as a main verb.01font00 02font02br
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01font00Being so ill, I even couldn't get out of the bed.02font00 I would say that the main verb here is 'get (out of)', and that 'being' is just part of an
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00You're right. I didn't think very clearly about that. Thank you.05002br
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You are being silly.
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Anonymous You are being silly.

No: "being" cannot be the 'main' verb since it is a gerund-participle, a secondary (non-finite, i.e. untensed) verb-form. The main verb in a clause is always a primary form, i.e. finite (tensed), so in your example the 'main' verb is the auxiliary "are", a primary form which is inflected for present tense. Note you can say "

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