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Hasibrahman Posted 6 years ago
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Last of them being some of the origunal walls of

If you look into the metal lattice from the other side, you can only see the green curtain. Anything else you think you're seeing is your imagination! Behind the green curtain are four structures - the last of them being some of the original walls of Aishah (r) that have been fortified by Umayyad engineering.


Could anyone please explain to me the "being" part? I mean this part " the last of them being some of the original walls of Aisha(r).....


Does it mean : the last one is one of the original walls of Aisha (r)?

  

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Hasibrahman the last of them being some of the original walls of Aishah (r) that have been fortified by Umayyad engineering. The last of them were some of the original walls of Aishah (r) that have been fortified by Umayyad engineering. The writer decided to use a non-finite clause as part of the sentence rather than write a new sentence with a full clause.

  • Hasibrahman the last of them being some of the original walls of Aishah (r) that have been fortified by Umayyad engineering.
  • The last of them were some of the original walls of Aishah (r) that have been fortified by Umayyad engineering.
  • The writer decided to use a non-finite clause as part of the sentence rather than write a new sentence with a full clause.
  • The verb is “be”.
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Hasibrahmanthe last of them being some of the original walls of Aishah (r) that have been fortified by Umayyad engineering.

The last of them were some of the original walls of Aishah (r) that have been fortified by Umayyad engineering.


The writer decided to use a non-finite clause as part of the sent

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