Difference in meaning and nuance
The following is from the New York Times of May 30. Can the last part of this quote be "having everything centered on black death" without "be?" If so, any difference in meaning or nuance between with and without "be?"
“I’m fed up,” Jarrell Slade, a 26-year-old school counselor, said at a protest in Washington, where hundreds gathered outside the Justice Department and marched down the National Mall on Saturday afternoon. “I’m tired of going on social media, talking to my friends and family, and having everything be centered on black death.”
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" It's possible, people do that, but it would be a mistake. To have something centered on something means to cause it to be centered on it. To have something be centered on it means to find it so.
- " It's possible, people do that, but it would be a mistake.
- To have something centered on something means to cause it to be centered on it.
- To have something be centered on it means to find it so.
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anonymous Can the last part of this quote be "having everything centered on black death" without "be?"
It's possible, people do that, but it would be a mistake. To have something centered on something means to cause it to be centered on it. To have something be centered on it means to find it so.
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