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? You were right about the hotel being too crowded. Is the sentence above in combination with these sentences? 1) You were right about the hotel2) The hotel was too crowded.Did the writer use "being" instead of "was" in that sentence?

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? You were right about the hotel being too crowded.
Is the sentence above in combination with these sentences?
1) You were right about the hotel
2) The hotel was too crowded.

Did the writer use "being" instead of "was" in that sentence?

Yes. "was" is the finite form. "being" is the non-finite form.

A non-finite form is usually the only form that can go after a preposition — "about" in this case.

Did I tell you about __________

the hotel being crowded? (from "The hotel was crowded")
Dave's brother getting lost? (from "Dave's brother got lost")
our neighbors winning the lotto? (from "Our neighbors won the lotto")

You can lose information about the tense if you use the non-finite form. You may have to guess the tense.

We rely on [ the mail being on time ].
(from "The mail will be on time")

And the form of a pronoun will change.

We don't object to [them playing in the street].
(from "They play in the street")

CJ

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