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Zuotengdazuo Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

Is the "being" used correctly?


The project has been several years in the making as it has not been easy to get officials to agree.In addition, it is also difficult to ask the bus company to donate buses. Now she has reached an agreement with a bus company, which will donate the buses being retired within the next four years.
(Is the "being" used correctly?
Is it better to say "buses to be retired within the next..."?)

Thank you in advance.
  

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Are the buses being donated now (or soon) ones which WOULD OTHERWISE BE RETIRED WITHIN FOUR YEARS or are they being donated in the future, up to four years time, AT THE TIME WHEN THEY ARE RETIRED? It needs to be clearer for me to know exactly what is happening but potentially what you have written is fine with 'being'.

— David Hatton

  • Are the buses being donated now (or soon) ones which WOULD OTHERWISE BE RETIRED WITHIN FOUR YEARS or are they being donated in the future, up to four years time, AT THE TIME WHEN THEY ARE RETIRED?
  • It needs to be clearer for me to know exactly what is happening but potentially what you have written is fine with 'being'.
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Are the buses being donated now (or soon) ones which WOULD OTHERWISE BE RETIRED WITHIN FOUR YEARS or are they being donated in the future, up to four years time, AT THE TIME WHEN THEY ARE RETIRED?
It needs to be clearer for me to know exactly what is happening but potentially what you have written is fine with 'being'.
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I think the original sentence means "the buses are estimated to be retired within four years"
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zuotengdazuoI think the original sentence means "the buses are estimated to be retired within four years"
It is a relative clause with the relative pronoun and helping verb omitted.

Now she has reached an agreement with a bus company, which will donate the buses which are being retired within the next four years.
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AlpheccaStars It is a relative clause with the relative pronoun and helping verb omitted.
Thank you, Ms Al. But I have already known that beforehand. Do you suggest the original sentence is correct?
However, I think "buses to be retired within..." makes more sense, doesn it?
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zuotengdazuoDo you suggest the original sentence is correct?
Yes, It's good.
zuotengdazuoHowever, I think "buses to be retired within..." makes more sense, doesn it?
No, you can use either one. The meaning is the same.
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zuotengdazuoIs it better to say "buses to be retired within the next..."?
No. Participle clauses, being non-finite, have no tense. They inherit their tense from the main clause. The main clause has "will donate", i.e., future tense. Therefore, "being" takes on a future meaning.

CJ
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AlpheccaStars No, you can use either one. The meaning is the same.
Thank you. I get you. So no matter which option is used in this sentence, the sentence can be interpreted in two ways all the same?
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(Is the "being" used correctly?
Is it better to say "buses to be retired within the next..."?)

You have missed CJ's reply.
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There are many ways to write this sentence. They all say the same thing.

Non-finite clauses:
A bus company will donate the buses being retired within the next four years.
A bus company will donate the buses to be retired within the next four years.

Full clauses:
A bus company will donate the buses that will be retired within the next four years.
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AlpheccaStarsThere are many ways to write this sentence. They all say the same thing.Non-finite clauses:A bus company will donate the buses being retired within the next four years.A bus company will donate the buses to be retired within the next four years.Full clauses:A bus company will donate the buses that will be retired within the next four years.A bus company will d
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