Being considered

I think you're correct.

NewguestIsn't it better to just say "as he was considered before" without "being"?

Yes. That's better.

CJ

NewguestTo this day he would be an average businessman as he was being considered before.
--- Isn't it better to just say "as he was considered before" without "being"?

To me, the meaning of the sentence is unclear. Perhaps more context would explain why the author included "being."

Hi

But does "being" make it incorrect or it just sounds worse?

"Being" is not incorrect. (past continuous)

Hi

The whole sentence is: I suppose that if not this affair, he would still be a not-2-well-known-average businessman as he was being considered before.

So the affair helped him

NewguestThe whole sentence is: I suppose that if not this affair, he would still be a not-2-well-known-average businessman as he was being considered before.
So the affair helped him

AvangiThe absence of "for" (if not [for] this affair) suggests that this was written long ago.

Why do you think so? I don't understand.

NewguestWhy do you think so? I don't understand.

It's an old-fashioned structure:

If not this incident, the affair would have gone smoothly.

I think that these days we would at least say, "If not for this incident, the affair would have gone smoothly."

Or even, "If it had not been for this incident, etc."

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