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Victorycountry Posted 21 years ago
Grammar

people being ...

Hi,

Can you shorten the "People who are over 20" to "People being over 20"?

e.g.

Jane is happy to leave now and planning to go on another trip. => Jane being happy to leave go on plan to go on another trip.

Thanks in advance.
  

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You can make that change to 'being', VC, but it is an awkward form, best avoided. You are not 'shortening' the clause, though; you are recasting the sentence using a different structure. 'People who are over 20' can be shortened to 'people over 20'-- much simpler and more straightforward.

— Mister Micawber

  • You can make that change to 'being', VC, but it is an awkward form, best avoided.
  • You are not 'shortening' the clause, though; you are recasting the sentence using a different structure.
  • 'People who are over 20' can be shortened to 'people over 20'-- much simpler and more straightforward.
  • Because you have changed to a different structure, it does not always fit into the original sentence.
  • Your second example (Jane being happy to leave / go on / plan to go on another trip) is not a sentence, but a nonfinite clause; it has no finite verb.
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You can make that change to 'being', VC, but it is an awkward form, best avoided. You are not 'shortening' the clause, though; you are recasting the sentence using a different structure. 'People who are over 20' can be shortened to 'people over 20'-- much simpler and more straightforward.

Because you have changed to a different structure, it does not always fit into the origina
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Thanks for the reply, Mr. MM

By the way, I didn't put "is " between "leave" and "plan" by mistake. But what if I put "is" does it make the second example a sentence?

1. "Jane being happy to leave is planning to go on another trip" <=>

Jane is happy to leave now and planning to go on another trip

2. What if you met someone who is divorced, what is the first
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You really must proofread before you post, VC-- after you type your message, click 'Preview' and check what you wrote. I think you have another typing mistake in your #2 now: shouldn't it read 'what if' rather than 'what is'?

Anyway:


1. "Jane, being happy to leave, is planning to go on another trip" (commas de rigueur here)<=>

Jane is h
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Thanks Mr.MM, and I will click on "Preview" first before posting messages.

So is it always like the following?

1. The book is written by shakespear. <=> The book written by shakespear.

2. The woman, who is talking to John, is staring at me. <=> The woman talking to John, is staring at me.

3. The woman, who was talking to John, stared at me. <=>
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