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Taka Posted 21 years ago
Grammar

Simple question: being

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00 Parents should encourage them to express all sorts of emotions once identified as 11b10 being 12b10 for 'girlish' boys. 12blockquote
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00Is it possible to delete 'being' without changing the meaning the sentence? 0-
  

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0 Hmm, it would alter the balance of the sentence, making it difficult to understand. However, a comma would help: 02br 02br 00Parents should encourage them to express all sorts of emotions, once identified as for 'girlish' boys. 0-

— Eimai_Anglos

  • 0 Hmm, it would alter the balance of the sentence, making it difficult to understand.
  • However, a comma would help: 02br 02br 00Parents should encourage them to express all sorts of emotions, once identified as for 'girlish' boys.
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0 Hmm, it would alter the balance of the sentence, making it difficult to understand. However, a comma would help: 02br
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00Parents should encourage them to express all sorts of emotions, once identified as for 'girlish' boys. 0-
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0 With "being", emotions were once identified as being for 'girlish' boys. How were they identified? As appropriate to or characteristic of 'girlish' boys. 02br
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00Without "being" , emotions were once identified as for 'girlish' boys. "As for" is a two-word preposition meaning 01i00with reference to02i00 or 01i00concerning02i
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0 I'd be inclined to question the underlying phrase. Can an emotion be 'for' someone? 02br
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00"That emotion is for a girlish boy." 02br
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00Slightly odd. 02br
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00MrP 0-
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0 Deleting "being" makes the sentence ungrammatical in my opinion. Substituting "characteristic of" for "being for" would preserve the grammaticality. 0-
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