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Park sang joon Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
The missing 'being' before a noun phrase
A deep mistrust of science and technology is expressed by many in our society today. Were it to prevail, this sense of suspicion and frustration could result not only in our failure to solve our present crises,
some of them the result of past misuses of technology, but also in our future inability to deal with problems we may not even be in position to predict.
People say 'being' is omitted after 'them', but I have seen participle phrases that the word 'being' was omitted before an adjective so many times but before a noun (phrase) for the first time.
Please, Could anybody explain this to me?
some of them the result of past misuses of technology, but also in our future inability to deal with problems we may not even be in position to predict.
People say 'being' is omitted after 'them', but I have seen participle phrases that the word 'being' was omitted before an adjective so many times but before a noun (phrase) for the first time.
Please, Could anybody explain this to me?
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park sang joon People say 'being' is omitted after 'them', but I have seen participle phrases that the word 'being' was omitted before an adjective so many times but before a noun (phrase) for the first time. We do not omit 'being'; on the contrary, we seldom use it at all. our failure to solve our present crises, some of them [being] the result of past misuses of technology,..
- park sang joon People say 'being' is omitted after 'them', but I have seen participle phrases that the word 'being' was omitted before an adjective so many times but before a noun (phrase) for the first time.
- We do not omit 'being'; on the contrary, we seldom use it at all.
- our failure to solve our present crises, some of them [being] the result of past misuses of technology,..
- My father, [being] a devout Christian, would not approve of my language.
- etc
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park sang joonPeople say 'being' is omitted after 'them', but I have seen participle phrases that the word 'being' was omitted before an adjective so many times but before a noun (phrase) for the first time.We do not omit 'being'; on the contrary, we seldom use it at all. However, it could be added grammatically (by a poor writer) before 'the result', and th
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Thank you, Mr.Micawber, for your answer.
I also think such a structure that a subject and a complement are directly connected is very rare.
I also think such a structure that a subject and a complement are directly connected is very rare.
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