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Cogar Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

"being"

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001. Being a good leader, I managed to lead the team to victory.02br
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00If not, what would be a better sentence? Thank you so much.0-
  

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0 Perfect, Cogar!02br
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0Another way - no more correct, but just another choice - is "Because I am a good leader, I..."02br
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00The "Begin a good leader" structure can lead to the "dangling modifier" problem. 01i00Being a good leader, the team was easily led to victory02i00, for example. You need to make sure you start the next phrase with the person/thing that the first on

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