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"Being on holiday..., she..." is incorrect?
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Today I have found out about you wouldn't say 'Being on holiday in France, we did the Eiffel Tower.'. You would say 'While / When we were in France, ...'
I've noticed you can say something like 'Being able to have the principle case matter.' or 'Being president means that...' and so on.
and you ca say 'Walking on the beach, he found a message in a bottle...'
However, sentences like "Being ..., ... ." don't work at all in English, do they?
Similarly, you would say 'As a italkiner, I answer many questions...', but never 'Being italkiner, I answer ..."
But, can't this example 'Being on holiday in France, we did the Eiffel Tower' be interpreted in the same way? 'Because we was on holiday in France, ...'?
Today I have found out about you wouldn't say 'Being on holiday in France, we did the Eiffel Tower.'. You would say 'While / When we were in France, ...'
I've noticed you can say something like 'Being able to have the principle case matter.' or 'Being president means that...' and so on.
and you ca say 'Walking on the beach, he found a message in a bottle...'
However, sentences like "Being ..., ... ." don't work at all in English, do they?
Similarly, you would say 'As a italkiner, I answer many questions...', but never 'Being italkiner, I answer ..."
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I have learned that you can use the 'Being... , ... .' construction if it means 'Because...', i.e. Being left-handed , I have problems with writing with a fountain pen.But, can't this example 'Being on holiday in France, we did the Eiffel Tower' be interpreted in the same way? 'Because we was on holiday in France, ...'?
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'Being,' in the way you are looking at it, describes more of a personal attribute than an activity.
Being left-handed is a part of your identity. It also is used with feelings, again another part of you and something that has some continuance. Other examples:
"Being a teacher in Asia earns you a certain level of automatic respect."
"Being afraid of speaking in public has always impeded her professional success."
Your second sentence is about an activity that you do, an action that is not necessarily ongoing.
Does that help?
Being left-handed is a part of your identity. It also is used with feelings, again another part of you and something that has some continuance. Other examples:
"Being a teacher in Asia earns you a certain level of automatic respect."
"Being afraid of speaking in public has always impeded her professional success."
Your second sentence is about an activity that you do, an action that is not necessarily ongoing.
Does that help?
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