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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Uses of Being and meaning


hi to all

can anyone tell me the proper use of BEING word in a simple and easiest way.
  

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The present continous of be is I am being/he is being/you aer being etc. I'm being = I'm behaving/I'm acting. I can't understand why he's being so selfish.

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  • The present continous of be is I am being/he is being/you aer being etc.
  • I'm being = I'm behaving/I'm acting.
  • I can't understand why he's being so selfish.
  • He isn't usually like that.
  • (being selfish=behaving selfishly at the moment) He never thinks about other people.
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The present continous of be is I am being/he is being/you aer being etc.

I'm being = I'm behaving/I'm acting.

  • I can't understand why he's being so selfish. He isn't usually like that. (being selfish=behaving selfishly at the moment)

  • He never thinks about other people. He is very selfish. (not 'he is
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