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Park sang joon Posted 10 years ago
Grammar
Participle phraseㅡa noun + (being) + an adjective
This novel is set in a Chinese village before World War One.
The protagonist lives with his wife, children, and father, his wife was a maid with very rich family.
The province is suffering from a great famine.
The girl child never even sat alone, although the time was past for his, but lay uncomplaining hour after hour wrapped in an old quilt. At first the angry insistence of her crying had filled the house, but she come to be quite, sucking feebly at whatever was put into her mouth and never lifting up her voice. Her little hollowed face peered out at them all, little sunken blue lips like a toothless old woman's lips, and hollow black eyes peering.
[The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck]
I'd like to know if "being" is implied before "like."
Thank you in advance for your help.
The protagonist lives with his wife, children, and father, his wife was a maid with very rich family.
The province is suffering from a great famine.
The girl child never even sat alone, although the time was past for his, but lay uncomplaining hour after hour wrapped in an old quilt. At first the angry insistence of her crying had filled the house, but she come to be quite, sucking feebly at whatever was put into her mouth and never lifting up her voice. Her little hollowed face peered out at them all, little sunken blue lips like a toothless old woman's lips, and hollow black eyes peering.
[The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck]
I'd like to know if "being" is implied before "like."
Thank you in advance for your help.
Top answer
I think I see where you're coming from, but it isn't really necessary to make such an assumption (and, in fact, actually inserting "being" would produce a more clunky result). Even though "X like a Y" may appear to be lacking a verb, it can stand alone in contexts like this.
- I think I see where you're coming from, but it isn't really necessary to make such an assumption (and, in fact, actually inserting "being" would produce a more clunky result).
- Even though "X like a Y" may appear to be lacking a verb, it can stand alone in contexts like this.
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I think I see where you're coming from, but it isn't really necessary to make such an assumption (and, in fact, actually inserting "being" would produce a more clunky result). Even though "X like a Y" may appear to be lacking a verb, it can stand alone in contexts like this.
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