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Vincent Teo Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

from being

0What does it mean,"from being"?02br
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00(a) The flowers were withered from being without water for a few days. 0-
  

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0 The flowers were wtihered because 01u 00they were02u 00 not watered. 0-

  • 0 The flowers were wtihered because 01u 00they were02u 00 not watered.
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0 The flowers were wtihered because 01u00they were02u00 not watered. 0-
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0 sorry, i still don't know how do I use 02br
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00"from being". Anyone can teach me? 02br
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0The flowers were withered from (from is the preposition of withered) 02br
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00being without water--- they were without water.After prepositon we reduce the sentence and01i00 they were02i00 becomes 01i00being 02i02br
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01i00The flowers were withered.01del00They were02del
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0 Thanks!! Although I still don't know why we should use "from being" . By the way. thanks! 0-
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0Hi Teo, 02br
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00It is a matter of style, preference and I think using reduction makes the sentences more fluent.0-
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0 I seldom use the reduction. I don't know how to use it. 0-
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0 I understand.Why don't you search reduced clauses or reduction on google and on this forum? 0-
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01cite10Doll12cite10I understand.Why don't you search reduced clauses or reduction on google and on this forum?12blockquote
10I don't think that it is a good idea for him to search for this. It is a pretty advanced topic, I am even not sure that the correct name for this is reduction. Also I do not know if the initial
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0 Ouch!02br
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00Forgot to tell that I would be better to substitute "being" with "being kept". What do you think?0-

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