"Being" instead of "was"

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1) Some writers use being in first sentence where there must be "is", "was" etc. Why do they use being in very first sentence?
2) Where can we use "be" in place of "should be"? Some people says that we can use it where a request, suggestion is made. Is it true?
Thanks.

Cool Breeze · Accepted Answer

1. I don't understand your question. Please give an example or two of the kind of sentences you have in mind. I can't think of a single case in which is and being at the beginning of a sentence are interchangeable - if that is what you mean.

2. After some verbs, e.g. request, suggest and demand, it is possible to use should + infinitive or the present subjenctive. There is no difference in form between the infinitive and the present subjunctive.

He suggested that the text [should] be translated into Dutch.

CB

Anonymous · Answer

Thanks I am writing some examples here:
1) My father's family name being pirrip, and my christian name phillip, my infant tongue could make of both names nothing more or explicit than phillip.
I couldn't find another example sorry, but I am in dilemma. I am learning english and sometimes I found these types of english.

CalifJim · Answer

Look up and study "participles".

In the case at hand, the use of being amounts to "since ... was ..." or "because ... was ...". The participial construction is untensed, but takes its tense from the main clause, where the past is used.

My father's family name being Pirrip, = [Since / Because] my father's family name was Pirrip,

Compare:

The children being cold, they went into the house. (Because the children were cold, ...)

My father not being rich, I had to work from age 14. (Since my father was not rich, ...)
The horses being saddled, the posse took off in pursuit of the cattle rustlers.

CJ

Anonymous · Answer

Thanks. Now it is clear.)

"Being" instead of "was"

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