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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
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*We're dividing up the grant according to need, the largest amount (being) given to the homeless.

Can "being" be omiitted here?

*They got home early. They found the place had been burgled.

They got home eaarly finding the place burgled. Can I join this sentences in this way by using particple?
  

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Anonymous *We're dividing up the grant according to need, the largest amount (being) given to the homeless. * I don't think so. There is present action, 'are dividing', so we should say 'being given'.

— Canadian45

  • Anonymous *We're dividing up the grant according to need, the largest amount (being) given to the homeless.
  • * I don't think so.
  • There is present action, 'are dividing', so we should say 'being given'.
  • ' But if you add "was", you need a semicolon.
  • They got home early and found the place had been burgled.
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Anonymous*We're dividing up the grant according to need, the largest amount (being) given to the homeless.

Can "being" be omiitted here?* I don't think so. There is present action, 'are dividing', so we should say 'being given'.



If the action is complete, we can say 'We divided up...........need, the largest amout (was) given to........
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*We're dividing up the grant according to need, the largest amount (being) given to the homeless. Can "being" be omiitted here?-- If you omit it, the time of giving is confused.

*They got home early. They found the place had been burgled. They got home eaarly finding the place burgled. Can I join this sentences in this way by using particple?-- No.
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