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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Dreamed of there being beautiful

I know the following sentence is perfectly fine-

I've never dreamed of that place being so beautifu.

But what if I use "there" in stead of "that place", since the word "there" can function as a pronoun-

I never dreamed of there being very beautiful.

I think it is still grammatical, though very few people would use it that way. What do you think?

Thank you.

Lee
  

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No. That won't work. We say It's very beautiful there , not There is very beautiful .

— CalifJim

  • No.
  • That won't work.
  • We say It's very beautiful there , not There is very beautiful .
  • So the corresponding non-finite clause will be it being so beautiful there , not there being so beautiful .
  • CJ
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No. That won't work.

We say It's very beautiful there, not There is very beautiful.

So the corresponding non-finite clause will be it being so beautiful there, not there being so beautiful.

CJ
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