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Sandip Kumar Posted 6 years ago
Grammar
Instead of be or instead of being ?
I know after 'instead of' verb-ing is used. But I have found a sentence :
"My father wants me to be bold instead of be cautious".
Is it correct?
Can we use 'instead of being cautious' in the above sentence? Please clarify it.
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Sandip Kumar My father wants me to be bold instead of be ing cautious. I don't know why it says "be" instead of "being". Sandip Kumar Can we use 'instead of being cautious' in the above sentence?
- Sandip Kumar My father wants me to be bold instead of be ing cautious.
- I don't know why it says "be" instead of "being".
- Sandip Kumar Can we use 'instead of being cautious' in the above sentence?
- Yes.
- You should use "being".
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Sandip KumarMy father wants me to be bold instead of being cautious.
I don't know why it says "be" instead of "being".
Sandip KumarCan we use 'instead of being cautious' in the above sentence?
Yes. You should use "being".
CJ
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