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Deborahjeong Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

The lights being on... Why being there

I couldn’t enter a room without the lights being on

If I omit "being", would the sentence be fine?

I think being should not be there because it doesn't sound grammatically correct with the "being" in it

Thanks

  

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deborahjeong I couldn’t enter a room without the lights being onIf I omit "being", would the sentence be fine? Yes. deborahjeong I think being should not be there because it doesn't sound grammatically correct with the "being" in it No.

— CalifJim

  • deborahjeong I couldn’t enter a room without the lights being onIf I omit "being", would the sentence be fine?
  • Yes.
  • deborahjeong I think being should not be there because it doesn't sound grammatically correct with the "being" in it No.
  • It is correct with "being" or without "being".
  • CJ
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deborahjeongI couldn’t enter a room without the lights being onIf I omit "being", would the sentence be fine?

Yes.

deborahjeongI think being should not be there because it doesn't sound grammatically correct with the "being" in it

No. It is correct with "being" or without "being".

CJ

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