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Vedat22 Posted 20 years ago
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being+v3

0"Okarie, an old man of eighty years of age, with grey hair and...........................in the way his village folks do, is sitting at the edge of the bed."02br
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00a)dressing b) is dressed c) being dressed d) dressed e) is dressing02br
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00The answer is "D)dressed" (sorry for the mistake)and that's easy to understand but isn't it possible to say "C) being dressed ?" I couldn't quite get why "being dressed" doesn't work here? Is "being+V3" only used when giving reasons, like:"Being dressed too formal,he felt embarassed at the party."?02br
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00Thank you for your help in advance...02br
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00Vedat Aksu....0-
  

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0Did you think about parallelism, Vedat? 01i 00Dressed02i 00 is an adjectival use of the participle, and the prepositional phrase,01i 00 with grey hair02i 00, is also adjectival. 0-

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  • 0Did you think about parallelism, Vedat?
  • 01i 00Dressed02i 00 is an adjectival use of the participle, and the prepositional phrase,01i 00 with grey hair02i 00, is also adjectival.
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0Did you think about parallelism, Vedat? 01i00Dressed02i00 is an adjectival use of the participle, and the prepositional phrase,01i00 with grey hair02i00, is also adjectival. 01i00Having grey hair02i00 and 01i00being dressed02i00 would also work structurally here, but would be awkward and unnatural.0-
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