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Jigneshbharati Posted 7 years ago
Grammar
Being closed
There are many other linked stories in the novel, but its main importance is that it showed Victorian society how terrible conditions in many of its schools were, and in fact led to a lot of them being closed or improved.
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What is the grammatical form and function of "being closed..."?
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What is the grammatical form and function of "being closed..."?
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Many of the Victorian schools were closed or improved. Being closed is used because to is a preposition and thus requires the gerund (being) to be used. A lot of them is the grammatical subject of the gerund.
- Many of the Victorian schools were closed or improved.
- Being closed is used because to is a preposition and thus requires the gerund (being) to be used.
- A lot of them is the grammatical subject of the gerund.
- Closed is a past participle.
- CB
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Many of the Victorian schools were closed or improved. Being closed is used because to is a preposition and thus requires the gerund (being) to be used. A lot of them is the grammatical subject of the gerund. Closed is a past participle.
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