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Khanh Duong Posted 7 years ago
Grammar

"Being" at the beginning of sentence and a comma for explanation

"The third planet from the sun, Earth is a waterworld, with two-thirds of the planet covered by ocean." This sentence is correct. But I'm still confusing with two points:

+ Can I add "being" at the beginning of the sentence? It looks like "Being the third planet from the sun, Earth...".

+ Can I add a comma like "The third planet from the sun, Earth, is a waterworld, with two-thirds..."

Please help me.

  

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Khanh Duong + Can I add "being" at the beginning of the sentence? ". Yes, but the sentence already means that, and it should not.

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  • Khanh Duong + Can I add "being" at the beginning of the sentence?
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  • Yes, but the sentence already means that, and it should not.
  • It implies that you could expect Earth to be a waterworld because it is the third planet from the sun, and in reality you could not.
  • " Yes, but the meaning become absurd.
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Khanh Duong+ Can I add "being" at the beginning of the sentence? It looks like "Being the third planet from the sun, Earth...".

Yes, but the sentence already means that, and it should not. It implies that you could expect Earth to be a waterworld because it is the third planet from the sun, and in reality you could not.

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Khanh Duongtwo-thirds of the planet covered by ocean."

You should replace the last word with water. Not all the water on Earth is in oceans.

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Khanh Duong+ Can I add "being" at the beginning of the sentence? It looks like "Being the third planet from the sun, Earth...".

No. The clause would present a reason for the statement. There is no relation between the earth being a waterworld, and the number of planets that are closer to the sun that it is.

Being in the "goldilocks" zone, the earth

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