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Chris123 Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

"Exposed" or "Being exposed"?

() to a lot of new ideas when studying in college, Mary always does something that others can't understand to realize her dream.
1.Exposed
2.Being exposed
  

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Both are OK, Chris. Native speakers don't like using 'being' very much.

— Mister Micawber

  • Both are OK, Chris.
  • Native speakers don't like using 'being' very much.
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Both are OK, Chris. Native speakers don't like using 'being' very much.
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Do these two forms (past participle, being+past participle) always mean the same in such situations(i.e. adverbial participle clause)?
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I cannot say 'always' to any English grammar point, but I think it is true for the most part.
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Mister MicawberBoth are OK
Hey, I have a question. Can we really use "Being exposed" here? "Being" seems to indicate an action that is now happening.
If I use "Being exposed" here, the sentence seems to mean "Because she is exposed to a lot of new ideas when studying in college, Mary always does something that others can't understand to realize her
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tonyscott Can we really use "Being exposed" here?
Yes and no. Participles have no intrinsic time component, but take their time reference from the context, so it works grammatically. However, as I have already said, native speakers usually eschew it.
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Mister MicawberParticiples have no intrinsic time component
So do you mean "Being exposed"="Exposed"="Having been exposed"?
Mister Micawbernative speakers usually eschew it
Yeah, I don't see the word "being" very often. It rarely appears.
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tonyscottSo do you mean "Being exposed"="Exposed"="Having been exposed"?
They take their time component from the rest of the sentence, so 'Yes'.
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