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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

Question about participle constructions

hi,
i really need help with the following sentence. we've talked about replacing adverbial clauses by participle constructions in class and i'm not sure about the following example.

Since they were disappointed by the outcome, the workers went on strike.

-> Being disappointed by the outcome, the workers...
-> OR: Disappointed by the outcome,...

What is correct in your opinion and WHY? our textbook suggests that "being disappointed" is correct, since the sentence has got an active meaning.

I'm curious to learn what you think!
Thanks in advance!
Mibos
  

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Both seem OK to me.

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Both seem OK to me.
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Anonymous our textbook suggests that "being disappointed" is correct,
Native speakers generally omit 'being' in such structures if possible.
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Anonymousour textbook suggests that "being disappointed" is correct, since the sentence has got an active meaning.
disappointed is an adjective here, not a verb, so there's no danger that the reader will understand the meaning as a true passive even if you leave out 'being'. It's not as if the 'outcome', an abstraction, played any agentive role in the
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CalifJim, forms of 'be' tend to sound stylistically weak
That's the phrase I was looking for!
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