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Alc24 Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

REMEMBER HER BEING / AS BEING

Which do you say please?

I remember her being rather tall./as being rather tall.

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Both are common and mean about the same thing. The version with the "as" allows as how you might be wrong. That is, the way you remember her vs.

  • Both are common and mean about the same thing.
  • The version with the "as" allows as how you might be wrong.
  • That is, the way you remember her vs.
  • the way she actually was.
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Both are common and mean about the same thing.

The version with the "as" allows as how you might be wrong.

That is, the way you remember her vs. the way she actually was.

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