Hello, everyone!
I would like to invite your bright opinions for following question with
grammatic grounds.
- Can I omit 'Being' in the participle clauses below especially before pure adjective, that is, when is the
omitting 'Before' impossible or optional? ;
1) (Being) ill, he rejected the
invitation.
* Being + pure adjective
2) (Being) afraid of water, he didn't like swimming.
* Being + pure adjective + of
3) (Being) unable to swim, he doesn't like going to sea.
* Being + pure adjective + to infinitive
4) (Being) tired, he went to take a rest.
* Being + adjective (past participle typed)
5) The meeting (being) over, he went to take a rest.
* Being + adverb
6) His mother safely (being) in the hospital, he turned to other business.
* Being + adverbial phrase
I think omitting 'Being' is impossible 1) only to avoid the ambiguity of sentence.
Always thanking your replies and best RGDS,
I would like to invite your bright opinions for following question with
grammatic grounds.
- Can I omit 'Being' in the participle clauses below especially before pure adjective, that is, when is the
omitting 'Before' impossible or optional? ;
1) (Being) ill, he rejected the
invitation.
* Being + pure adjective
2) (Being) afraid of water, he didn't like swimming.
* Being + pure adjective + of
3) (Being) unable to swim, he doesn't like going to sea.
* Being + pure adjective + to infinitive
4) (Being) tired, he went to take a rest.
* Being + adjective (past participle typed)
5) The meeting (being) over, he went to take a rest.
* Being + adverb
6) His mother safely (being) in the hospital, he turned to other business.
* Being + adverbial phrase
I think omitting 'Being' is impossible 1) only to avoid the ambiguity of sentence.
Always thanking your replies and best RGDS,
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Comments
You can omit "being" in these cases.
'being' per each case, which have been very difficult for me to find.
Thanks in advnce,
CJ
1) (Being) ill, he rejected the invitation.
* Being + pure adjective
With "being" it's OK. / Without "being" it sounds bad.
2) (Being) afraid of water, he didn't like swimming.
* Being + pure adjective + of
With "being" it's OK. / Without "being" it seems possible, but not as good.
3) (Being) unable to swim, he doesn't like going to sea.
* Being + pure adjective + to infinitive
OK either way.
4) (Being) tired, he went to take a rest.
* Being + adjective (past participle typed)
With "being" it's OK. / Without "being" it sounds bad.
5) The meeting (being) over, he went to take a rest.
* Being + adverb
OK either way.
6) His mother safely (being) in the hospital, he turned to other business.
You mean this: His mother (being) safely in the hospital, he turned to other business.
* Being + adverbial phrase
OK either way. You may be the first person in the world to explore this question. You are the original researcher (though you may want to check online for any linguistics articles on the subject). Therefore, it's up to you to answer the question through further research. I would just be guessing if I were to say that, in general, a single adjective without "being" (1, 4) doesn't work, and if the clause has an explicit subject (5, 6), it may be better to omit "being". I can't be certain about the other cases.
CJ
explanations.
Actually linguistics articles are too difficult for me, as ESL learner,
and the following could have been the best answer to me so far.
http://thegrammarexchange.infopop.cc/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/340600179/m/3441084324
However, since the quoted contents seemed somewhat insufficient to me, I had to post this question here. To me often, the most natural way how natives understand and use is better and precious than any other grammar rules.
CJ, once again, thanking you hundreds times.
https://www.EnglishForward.com/English/DoubleRelative/bkwmdv/post.htm