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With the potential of multiple sources of moisture contributing to a damp problem, it is clear that a trained professional’s advice should be sought to save time and money being spent on potentially ineffective work
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Is "being" used for passive construction( being plus past participle) ? If we remove "being", the sentence still sounds grammatical to me . Please explain to me its use.
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With the potential of multiple sources of moisture contributing to a damp problem, it is clear that a trained professional’s advice should be sought to save time and money [ being spent on potentially ineffective work ]. Yes, the underlined is a passive clause functioning as complement of " save ". "Being" cannot be dropped since it is the predicator (head) of the bracketed clause.
- With the potential of multiple sources of moisture contributing to a damp problem, it is clear that a trained professional’s advice should be sought to save time and money [ being spent on potentially ineffective work ].
- Yes, the underlined is a passive clause functioning as complement of " save ".
- "Being" cannot be dropped since it is the predicator (head) of the bracketed clause.
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With the potential of multiple sources of moisture contributing to a damp problem, it is clear that a trained professional’s advice should be sought to save time and money [ being spent on potentially ineffective work ].
Yes, the underlined is a passive clause functioning as complement of "save".
"Being" cannot be dropped since it is the predicator (hea
0Jigneshbharatito save [time and moneybeingspent on potentially ineffective work]
Yes, it's still OK when 'being' is omitted.
The complement of 'save' is bracketed above.
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0JigneshbharatiWith the potential of multiple sources of moisture contributing to a damp problem, it is clear that a trained professional’s advice should be sought to save time and money being spent on potentially ineffective work
"time and money being spent on potentially ineffective work" are two coordinated noun phrases in which "being spent on potential
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