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DouglasM6 Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

The use of the gerund : "being"

0The use of the gerund : "being"02br
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00Is the following correct or incorrect technically and why?00 00(It does not sound right to me).02br
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00A. "The design margin is one metre, assuming the liquid being at boiling point."02br
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00B. "The design margin is one metre, assuming the liquid is at boiling point."02br
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00Is the following correct or incorrect technically and why.02br
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00be: verb and auxiliary verb, 02br
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00is: present singular 3rd person 02br
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00being: present participle02br
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00Thanks02br
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00Douglas Murray0-
  

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0"The design margin is one metre, assuming the liquid being at boiling point."02br
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00"The design margin is one metre, assuming (that) the liquid is at boiling point."02br
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00assuming (that) is the sub conjunction in B.0-
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01cite10Inchoateknowledge12cite10"The design margin is one metre, assuming the liquid being at boiling point."12br
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10No go12br
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10"The design margin is one metre, assuming (that) the liquid is at boiling point."12br
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0 Very interesting. Join Doug.02br
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00By the way, a search for "assuming it being" in google gave 192 (I know, too few) results. Are they all bad sounding or incorrect? 0-
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0 Hi DouglasM602br
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00If you include 01i00assuming,02i00 the word (a present participle) begins a clause equivalent:02br
00'The design margin is one metre, 01i00assuming02i00 the liquid is at boiling point.'02br
00= 'The design margin is one metre 01i00if we assume02i00 (that) the
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01cite10Ant_22212cite10By the way, a search for "assuming it being" in google gave 192 (I know, too few) results. Are they all bad sounding or incorrect?12blockquote
10 Yes, as mentioned in the above, two "-ing forms" in series doesn't make for nice English. 0-
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01cite10Cool Breeze12cite10Hi DouglasM612br
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10If you include 11i10assuming,12i10 the word (a present participle) begins a clause equivalent:12br
10'The design margin is one metre, 11i10assuming12i10 the liquid is at boiling point.'12br
10= 'The
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0What is the difference between a "clause equivalent" and a clause?02br
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00Thanks,02br
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01cite10Inchoateknowledge12cite10B12br
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10"The design margin is one metre, assuming (that) the liquid is at boiling point."12br
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10fine12br
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10assuming (that) is the sub conjunction in B.12br
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10Please define a "su
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01cite10DouglasM612cite10So, is it true that we have a rule here: only 11b10one12b10 present participle per clause equivalent ???12br
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10Thanks for all your input.12br
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10Hi Doug02br
00We certainly can't
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01cite10Cool Breeze12cite12br
10We certainly can't use more than 11b10one12b10 participle for 11b10one12b10 clause equivalent. In your sentence, however, we encounter a problem because we would have 11b10two12b10 subordinate clause equivalents to replace the cla
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