Being made vs made
Comet: Like asteroids, a comet orbits the Sun. However rather than being made mostly of rock, a comet contains lots of ice and gas, which can result in amazing tails forming behind them (thanks to the ice and dust vapourising)
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Please explain the grammatical form and function of "being made". Why can't we just use than made...?
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One of the most frequent structures after 'rather than' is an -ing clause. These can be active or passive. ) and a past participle.
- One of the most frequent structures after 'rather than' is an -ing clause.
- These can be active or passive.
- ) and a past participle.
- Active rather than going straight up rather than extending life rather than shoveling snow Passive rather than being treated as witnesses rather than being seen as a punitive measure rather than being arrested So just as being arrested is related to was arrested , being made is related to is made ( is made mostly of rock ).
- That said, rather than made of also occurs in English (without being ).
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One of the most frequent structures after 'rather than' is an -ing clause.
These can be active or passive. If they are passive they consist of being and a past participle, just as the finite passive consists of a finite form of be (is, are, was, were, etc.) and a past participle.
Active
rather than going straight up
rather than exten
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