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Do you ever use "being" instead of "because" ...

Do you ever use "being" instead of because or since?

is sentence 1 = sentence 2 ?

1) because / since I'm clever I can solve difficult problems.
2) being clever I can solve difficult problems.

  

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I view them as equivalent in meaning, but in everyday conversation I don't think I would ever use the reduced clause.

  • I view them as equivalent in meaning, but in everyday conversation I don't think I would ever use the reduced clause.
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I view them as equivalent in meaning, but in everyday conversation I don't think I would ever use the reduced clause.

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