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Yogi2005 Posted 21 years ago
Grammar
It being
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Could you, please, explain to me the structure 'it being' in the example below, what can I replace the structure with? Is it the same as 'it is'? when can we use it?
ex.
Here I walked on for some time , but could see little on either side, it being now near harvest, and the corn rising at least forty foot.
Thank you in adavnce
Could you, please, explain to me the structure 'it being' in the example below, what can I replace the structure with? Is it the same as 'it is'? when can we use it?
ex.
Here I walked on for some time , but could see little on either side, it being now near harvest, and the corn rising at least forty foot.
Thank you in adavnce
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Hello Here I walked on for some time, but could see little on either side, it being now near harvest, and the corn rising at least forty foot. This is a so-called 'absolute participle clause' or 'participle clause with a subject'. Here I walked on for some time, but could see little on either side, as/because it was now near harvest, and the corn was rising at least forty foot.
- Hello Here I walked on for some time, but could see little on either side, it being now near harvest, and the corn rising at least forty foot.
- This is a so-called 'absolute participle clause' or 'participle clause with a subject'.
- Here I walked on for some time, but could see little on either side, as/because it was now near harvest, and the corn was rising at least forty foot.
- This 'it' is a so-called 'it for impersonal statements describing about weather and time'.
- (EX) : 'It will rain tomorrow', 'It's November now', 'It will be soon Christmas season', etc..
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Hello
Here I walked on for some time, but could see little on either side, it being now near harvest, and the corn rising at least forty foot.
This is a so-called 'absolute participle clause' or 'participle clause with a subject'.
Here I walked on for some time, but could see little on either side, as/because it was now ne
Here I walked on for some time, but could see little on either side, it being now near harvest, and the corn rising at least forty foot.
This is a so-called 'absolute participle clause' or 'participle clause with a subject'.
Here I walked on for some time, but could see little on either side, as/because it was now ne
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Paco, "corn was rising". 
Feel free to edit your post and delete this one. Jim
Feel free to edit your post and delete this one. Jim00
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