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Vts nair Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

How to use be and being in a sentence?

what will be the meaning of a sentence when we use be and being in it?pls explain with example?
  

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"Be" can be used in many different ways, be it as a part of an infinitive, a subjunctive or in combination with modals. a1. I suggest that you be good to her.

— Ivanhr

  • "Be" can be used in many different ways, be it as a part of an infinitive, a subjunctive or in combination with modals.
  • a1.
  • I suggest that you be good to her.
  • (subjuntive; you could turn it into indicative by changing "be" to "are") a2.
  • I want you to be good to her.
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"Be" can be used in many different ways, be it as a part of an infinitive, a subjunctive or in combination with modals.

a1. I suggest that you be good to her. (subjuntive; you could turn it into indicative by changing "be" to "are")

a2. I want you to be good to her. (infinitive)

a3. You should be good to her. (in combination with a modal verb)

"Being" is
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