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Zunayeed Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

Sentence Structure

'Second, there is the problem of illegal excavation, resulting in museum quality pieces being sold to the highest bidder. '

I couldn't get the structure ' being sold'. What is the structure in this case ?

thanks in advance.
  

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zunayeed I couldn't get the structure ' being sold'. What is the structure in this case ? being is from the verb be , whose other parts are am, is, are, was, were, and been .

— CalifJim

  • zunayeed I couldn't get the structure ' being sold'.
  • What is the structure in this case ?
  • being is from the verb be , whose other parts are am, is, are, was, were, and been .
  • The structure is a gerund clause: museum quality pieces being sold to the highest bidder It is somewhat like museum quality pieces are sold to the highest bidder .
  • You might be able to understand it better like this: Second, there is the problem of illegal excavation, resulting in this : Museum quality pieces are sold to the highest bidder .
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zunayeedI couldn't get the structure ' being sold'. What is the structure in this case ?
being is from the verb be, whose other parts are am, is, are, was, were, and been.

The structure is a gerund clause: museum quality pieces being sold to the highest bidder

It is somewhat like museum quality pi
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really thanks for such a helpful post.
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As we know it is very good to make a sentences with the understandable to others and makes a sense.So keep giving a suggestion how we can develop such sentences
CalifJim zunayeedI couldn't get the structure ' being sold'. What is the structure in this case ?being is from the verb be, whose other parts are am, is, are, was, were, and been.The structure is a gerund clause: mu
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Thanks for the help but I want to known which technique should make a perfect sentence.
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