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Harry1999 Posted 15 years ago
Grammar
Does it mean same, if the part "To be" is replaced by "Being"?
I have a doubt that if we replace the part "To be" in following sentences by "Being" ,
then do they mean same?
Original Sentence: To be creative means to be in love with life. You can be creative only if you love life enough that you want to enhance its beauty, you want to bring a little more music to it, a little more poetry to it, a little more dance to it.
Modified Sentence:
Being creative means being in love with life. You can be creative only if you love life enough that you want to enhance its beauty, you want to bring a little more music to it, a little more poetry to it, a little more dance to it.
Original Sentence:
It is better to a joker to be in the main stream then, share his feelings amongst others & not just to remain a joker.. but to be a normal jolly human being in the society..
Modified Sentence:
Being a joker in main stream and sharing his feelings amongst others & not just to remain a joker, but being a normal jolly human being in the society.
If the part to be is replaced with Being, then Do these sentences mean same?
If Yes or Not please explain how?
then do they mean same?
Original Sentence: To be creative means to be in love with life. You can be creative only if you love life enough that you want to enhance its beauty, you want to bring a little more music to it, a little more poetry to it, a little more dance to it.
Modified Sentence:
Being creative means being in love with life. You can be creative only if you love life enough that you want to enhance its beauty, you want to bring a little more music to it, a little more poetry to it, a little more dance to it.
Original Sentence:
It is better to a joker to be in the main stream then, share his feelings amongst others & not just to remain a joker.. but to be a normal jolly human being in the society..
Modified Sentence:
Being a joker in main stream and sharing his feelings amongst others & not just to remain a joker, but being a normal jolly human being in the society.
If the part to be is replaced with Being, then Do these sentences mean same?
If Yes or Not please explain how?
Top answer
harry1999 Original sentence: It is better to a joker to be in the main stream then, share his feelings amongst others & not just to remain a joker.. but to be a normal jolly human being in the society.. Generally speaking, it's okay to replace "to be" with "being," as is true of most gerund-infinitive pairs.
- harry1999 Original sentence: It is better to a joker to be in the main stream then, share his feelings amongst others & not just to remain a joker..
- but to be a normal jolly human being in the society..
- Generally speaking, it's okay to replace "to be" with "being," as is true of most gerund-infinitive pairs.
- " As an aside, the "Being a joker" sentence is not a sentence.
- It has no main verb.
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harry1999Original sentence:
It is better to a joker to be in the main stream then, share his feelings amongst others & not just to remain a joker.. but to be a normal jolly human being in the society..
Modified Sentence:
Being a joker in main stream and sharing his feelings amongst others & not just to remain a joker, but being a normal jolly human being
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