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Angliholic Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

being placed

0Before 01b00being02b00 placed in the tomb, the body would be mummified.02br
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00I think we should delete being here. What do you think? Thanks.0-
  

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0 Yes, no need to use continuous tense. 0-

  • 0 Yes, no need to use continuous tense.
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0 Yes, no need to use continuous tense. 0-
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0 01font00Active: Before 01b00placing02b00 01b00it02b00 in the tomb, the body would be mummified. 02br
00Passive: Before 01b00being02b00 placed in the tomb, the body would be mummified.02font
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0You can't just delete 'being'. You need something there.02br
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00Before placed in the tomb, the body would be mummified. - incorrect.02br
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00Before 01b00being02b00 placed in the tomb, the body would be mummified - correct02br
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00or02br
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00Before it was placed in the tomb, the bo
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0 ***!It isn't continous.I am sorry. 0-
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0Thanks, my friends, but I still have doubts. Here is another example:02br
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00When asked a personal question, the actress remained silent.02br
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00I don't think we need 01b00being02b00 prior to 01b00asked02b00 here, right? If yes, does this example contradict the base sentence?0-
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0 When 01del01font00she was02font02del00 asked a personal question, the actress remained silent. 01font00There is no contradiction.I think using 01i00being"gerund form"02i00 after 01i00before/after/while02i00 is just because they are generally followed b
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01cite10Doll12cite10When 11del11font10she was12font12del10 asked a personal question, the actress remained silent. 11font10There is no contradiction.I think using 11i10being"gerund form"12i10 after 11i10befo
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0 Yes, you are right.Thank you. 0-
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0 Sorry, Doll. I took you for nona. By the way, what is your mother tongue? 0-
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0 It is ok, Angliholic my first answer was wrong.My mother tongue is Turkish. 0-

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