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Grammarian-bot Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

What does "being" refer to?

Assuming the following sentence is correct gramatically (which I think is not) then what does being refer to?
For most consumers, the price of automobile insurance continues to rise annually, despite being free of damage claims and moving violations.

CB
  

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Hi CB The word being appears to refer to "most consumers".

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  • Hi CB The word being appears to refer to "most consumers".
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Hi CB

The word being appears to refer to "most consumers".
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Is it according to the sense of the sentence or according to the grammatical rules?

GB
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"being free" here is Participle clause and can be interpreted as "despite they(consumers) are free of damage claims and moving violations". instead of werb here is used Participle.
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Argh! This is a terrible sentence. What the writer is trying to say is this:

For most consumers, even those who are free of damage claims and moving violations, the price of automobile insurance continues to rise annually.

CJ
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CalifJimArgh! This is a terrible sentence. What the writer is trying to say is this:

For most consumers, even those who are free of damage claims and moving violations, the price of automobile insurance continues to rise annually.

CJ

Perfect!

GB
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