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ConscientiousStudent Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

being carried out

0Hello, 02br
00Quoting an eyes witness "I had seen alot of victims being carried out by stretchers."02br
001)Is this grammatically correc?02br
002) If this is grammatically correct. There are two clauses in this sentence. 02br
00 First, "I had seen alot of victims"; Second, "being carried out by stretchers". I believe the first clause is Past Perfect tense. But what is the second one?02br
00 3)What is the function of "being" ?? In what situation I should use this kind of form of grammar?02br
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00Thank you so much, Sam. 0-
  

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02br 02br 01i 00I had seen a lot of victims being carried out by stretchers02i 02br 001)Is this grammatically correct? 02b 02br 002) But what is the second one? (01i 00being carried out by stretchers)02i 00 -- 01b 00It is a non-finite clause used as an adverb.

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  • 02br 02br 01i 00I had seen a lot of victims being carried out by stretchers02i 02br 001)Is this grammatically correct?
  • 02b 02br 002) But what is the second one?
  • (01i 00being carried out by stretchers)02i 00 -- 01b 00It is a non-finite clause used as an adverb.
  • -- 01b 00The uses are too various to mention02b 00 01b 00(meaning that I cannot think of a coherent list of uses)02b 0-
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00Hi, Sam.02br
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01i00I had seen a lot of victims being carried out by stretchers02i02br
001)Is this grammatically correct? -- 01b00Yes, but the past perfect is odd out of context; it demands another reference point in the past.02b02br
002) But what is the second one? (01i00being carri
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