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Jigneshbharati Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

Being left behind

It is rubbish being left behind.
I saw in one of the posters on the Metro bus.
Is "being left behind" a non finite phrase or I do know if it's a clause modifying rubbish i.e. functioning adjectivially?
  

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Jigneshbharati It is rubbish being left behind. The underlined part functions as the real subject of the sentence. Being left behind is rubbish.

  • Jigneshbharati It is rubbish being left behind.
  • The underlined part functions as the real subject of the sentence.
  • Being left behind is rubbish.
  • And the form is gerund phrase.
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Jigneshbharati It is rubbish being left behind.
The underlined part functions as the real subject of the sentence.

Being left behind is rubbish.

And the form is gerund phrase.

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