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Chivalry Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
What's grammatically wrong with this sentence?
"He believed that peace has to start among the young, being that the hatred of the adults in the campers' homelands is very deeply ingrained."
The correction needed here, as suggested by the textbook I was using, is the "being that" being replaced by "since",
but the sentence looks just fine to me. Is it incorrect or is it just clumsy itself?
The correction needed here, as suggested by the textbook I was using, is the "being that" being replaced by "since",
but the sentence looks just fine to me. Is it incorrect or is it just clumsy itself?
Top answer
" As used here, "being that" is not correct. Additionally, I would use the past tense throughout. "
- " As used here, "being that" is not correct.
- Additionally, I would use the past tense throughout.
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I would not use either "being that" or "since" but rather, "because."
As used here, "being that" is not correct.
Additionally, I would use the past tense throughout. "He believed that peace had to start among the young, because the hatred of the adults in the campers' homelands was very deeply ingrained."
As used here, "being that" is not correct.
Additionally, I would use the past tense throughout. "He believed that peace had to start among the young, because the hatred of the adults in the campers' homelands was very deeply ingrained."
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