0
Taka Posted 21 years ago
Grammar
Weird question---maybe
It is said that we can ommit 'being' to make gerunds--not the passive ones, though. But is there any case that 'being' is still there in the active ones, like 'Being doing is....' , in order to emphasize its progressive feel or for some other reason?
Top answer
Hello Taka I can't think of any examples – the gerund already has a being-in-progress feel. ' So my money's on 'no' to 'being + gerund'. But someone out there may prove me wrong.
- Hello Taka I can't think of any examples – the gerund already has a being-in-progress feel.
- ' So my money's on 'no' to 'being + gerund'.
- But someone out there may prove me wrong.
- MrP
Get the Weekly English Kit 📬
New words, one handy idiom, and a 2-minute quiz — delivered to your inbox to keep your streak alive.
6 Answers
0
Hello Taka
I can't think of any examples – the gerund already has a being-in-progress feel.
Even if we take adjectival -ing forms + 'being', the construction sounds quaint:
'Being stinking is assuredly undesirable in a personal assistant.'
'Being fighting men, we are used to a hard existence.'
So my money's on 'no' to 'being + gerund'. But someone
I can't think of any examples – the gerund already has a being-in-progress feel.
Even if we take adjectival -ing forms + 'being', the construction sounds quaint:
'Being stinking is assuredly undesirable in a personal assistant.'
'Being fighting men, we are used to a hard existence.'
So my money's on 'no' to 'being + gerund'. But someone
00
Palmer gives the following paradigm for the verb "to take"
taking
(no *being taking)
having taken
having been taken
being taken
(no *being being taken)
having been taken
having been being taken (?)
CJ
taking
(no *being taking)
having taken
having been taken
being taken
(no *being being taken)
having been taken
having been being taken (?)
CJ
00
0
Is there an example for 'having been being (taken)' in Palmer, CJ?
I can't quite grasp it.
MrP
I can't quite grasp it.
MrP
00
if there is, then it should also be Ok with modals, like "must be being taken", or " must have been being taken".
Why not?
Why not?
00
As indicated by his question mark, he's not sure anyone ever actually generates that form. No example is given of it.
But I can give you one.
As we shall see later in our sad story, having been being taken daily to the woodshed for a beating because of his grammatical mistakes was to have serious effects upon the student's mastery of English.
But I can give you one.
As we shall see later in our sad story, having been being taken daily to the woodshed for a beating because of his grammatical mistakes was to have serious effects upon the student's mastery of English.
0
Related Questions