I can't imagine elephants (being??) able to fly.
1) You could imagine sentence (a) (being??) uttered by someone consulting their diary and seeing that tomorrow's page is blank.
2) I can imagine him (being??) really angry.
3) I can't imagine elephants (being??) able to fly.
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/imagine says the verb "imagine" is sometimes followed by the ing-form of another verb: She imagined herself sitting in her favourite chair back home. So my question is: do we need "being" in (1) (using the passive voice), (2) and (3) (both using an adjective)?
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) uttered by someone consulting their diary and seeing that tomorrow's page is blank. 1a) You could imagine a sentence uttered by someone consulting their diary and seeing that tomorrow's page is blank. You visualize the sentence written down on a piece of paper.
- ) uttered by someone consulting their diary and seeing that tomorrow's page is blank.
- 1a) You could imagine a sentence uttered by someone consulting their diary and seeing that tomorrow's page is blank.
- You visualize the sentence written down on a piece of paper.
- 1b) You could imagine a sentence being uttered by someone consulting their diary and seeing that tomorrow's page is blank.
- ) really angry.
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Rizan Malik1) You could imagine sentence (a) (being??) uttered by someone consulting their diary and seeing that tomorrow's page is blank.
1a) You could imagine a sentence uttered by someone consulting their diary and seeing that tomorrow's page is blank.
You visualize the sentence written down on a piece of paper.
1b) You could imag
0Rizan MalikYou could imagine a sentence(a)(being??) uttered by ...
do we need "being" in (1) (using the passive voice)
'being' is optional here, but you're right that when it is used, it creates a passive voice construction.
Rizan Malik(2) and (3) (both using an adjectiv
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