Relative pronouns being

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A relative pronoun is used to connect a clause or phrase to a noun or pronoun. You see them used everyday with the most common relative pronouns being: who, whom, which, whoever, whomever, whichever, and that.
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What is the grammatical form and function of "being" in the above example?

CalifJim · Accepted Answer

JigneshbharatiWhat is the grammatical form and function of "being" in the above example?

Aren't you getting tired of asking this question? I can't understand the fascination some people have for the word 'being'. It's really not that interesting a word.

As usual, it's the non-finite equivalent of 'be' (is, are, was, were, etc.).

You see them used everyday with the most common relative pronouns being: who, whom, which, whoever, whomever, whichever, and that.
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You see them used everyday and the most common relative pronouns are who, whom, which, whoever, whomever, whichever, and that.

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Cool Breeze · Answer

JigneshbharatiYou see them used every day

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Persian Learner · Answer

JigneshbharatiA relative pronoun is used to connect a clause or phrase to a noun or pronoun. You see them used every day (with the most common relative pronouns) being: who, whom, which, whoever, whomever, whichever, and that.

Here is my analysis:

The form of 'being' is present participle/verbal, and it functions as the head of the underlined [present participial phrase]/[gerund-participial clause].

The underlined clause functions as complement of the bracketed prepositional phrase.

The part in blue is a noun phrase which functions as object of the boldfaced preposition 'with' and, at the same time, as subject of the underlined non-finite clause.

Relative pronouns being

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