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Tanner92 Posted 10 years ago
Grammar
being bothered/bothered/having been bothered/bothered - are these sentences correct, do they make sense?
Dear native speakers 
Are all these sentences correct + do they make sense?
1)
Being bothered by the police, he was desperately trying to remember who could help him.
2)
Bothered by the police, he was desperately trying to remember who could help him.
3)
Having been bothered by the police for half an hour, he was relieved to finally go home.
4)
Bothered by the police for half an hour, he was relieved to finally go home.
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A)
Being killed by all the people, the mosquitos qucikly learnt to avoid the slapping hands.
B)
Killed by all the people, the mosquitos quickly learnt to avoid the slapping hands.
C)
Having been killed by the poeple, the mosquitos were smashed all over the walls and ceiling.
D)
Killed by the people, the mosquitos were smashed all over the walls and ceiling.
Thank you very much.
Are all these sentences correct + do they make sense?
1)
Being bothered by the police, he was desperately trying to remember who could help him.
2)
Bothered by the police, he was desperately trying to remember who could help him.
3)
Having been bothered by the police for half an hour, he was relieved to finally go home.
4)
Bothered by the police for half an hour, he was relieved to finally go home.
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A)
Being killed by all the people, the mosquitos qucikly learnt to avoid the slapping hands.
B)
Killed by all the people, the mosquitos quickly learnt to avoid the slapping hands.
C)
Having been killed by the poeple, the mosquitos were smashed all over the walls and ceiling.
D)
Killed by the people, the mosquitos were smashed all over the walls and ceiling.
Thank you very much.
Top answer
1) Being bothered by the police, he was desperately trying to remember who could help him. This sentence is awkward. It is hard to use "being" well.
- 1) Being bothered by the police, he was desperately trying to remember who could help him.
- This sentence is awkward.
- It is hard to use "being" well.
- Bothered by the police for half an hour, he was relieved to finally go home.
- This is your best sentence.
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Being bothered by the police, he was desperately trying to remember who could help him.
This sentence is awkward. It is hard to use "being" well.
Bothered by the police for half an hour, he was relieved to finally go home. This is your best sentence. It has the fewest words, most precise vocabulary, to express the idea.
A)
Being killed by al
Being bothered by the police, he was desperately trying to remember who could help him.
This sentence is awkward. It is hard to use "being" well.
Bothered by the police for half an hour, he was relieved to finally go home. This is your best sentence. It has the fewest words, most precise vocabulary, to express the idea.
A)
Being killed by al
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