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No_No Posted 22 years ago
Grammar

When do we use "being" ?

and can you please give me some examples ? Emotion: crying
  

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"Being" is a progressive form, and you can use it after the verb to be, as in: "You are being a naughty boy" = "you are behaving badly" "He is being transferred to another branch of the company" = "He is in the process of being transferred to another post in his company" It can also be used as the subject of a sentence, such as: "Being a teacher in a Secondary school is difficult" = "The fact of working as a teacher is difficult" I hope this makes sense

  • "Being" is a progressive form, and you can use it after the verb to be, as in: "You are being a naughty boy" = "you are behaving badly" "He is being transferred to another branch of the company" = "He is in the process of being transferred to another post in his company" It can also be used as the subject of a sentence, such as: "Being a teacher in a Secondary school is difficult" = "The fact of working as a teacher is difficult" I hope this makes sense
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"Being" is a progressive form, and you can use it after the verb to be, as in:

"You are being a naughty boy" = "you are behaving badly"

"He is being transferred to another branch of the company" = "He is in the process of being transferred to another post in his company"

It can also be used as the subject of a sentence, such as:

"Being a teacher in a Second
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“Being” can be used in four ways:

1. In a progressive tense as the present participle of the verb “be”.
2. In present participial phrases.
3. As a gerund.
4. As a noun.

Here it is used in the present progressive tense:

He is being stupid.

The above implies that he is not stupid all the time, but is behaving stupidly at the time of speaking.
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You make me clear in your detail and kind explanation. Thank you so much.
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Do you think this sentence is correct without using a verb to be. " It being raining, so we didn't go out."
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Choose the faulty sentence. 1. Susan is being hired today. 2. You are being contrary today. 3. The dog is being disobedient today. 4. I am being somewhat sad today. 5. Jhon is being belligerent today.
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(Sadness is not a way of behaving. It's a feeling.)

CJ
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AnonymousChoose the faulty sentence. 1. Susan is being hired today. 2. You are being contrary today. 3. The dog is being disobedient today. 4. I am being somewhat sad today. 5. Jhon is being belligerent today.
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Grammatically, the items being compared are= what about for this one? what is the meaning of being here, please help..
Emotion: sad

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