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Alc24 Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

"most common being"

Can you say the followiing?

1 A lot of animals make milk but the most common being the cow.

Could you use BEING and not IS?
When could you do that?

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alc24 A lot of animals make milk but the most common is the cow. I think so ..

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  • alc24 A lot of animals make milk but the most common is the cow.
  • I think so ..
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alc24A lot of animals make milk but the most common is the cow.

I think so ..
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alc24Could you use BEING and not IS?
Yes, but then you have to drop but, and you need a comma in either case, like this:

A lot of animals make milk, but the most common is the cow.
A lot of animals make milk, the most common being the cow.

CJ
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