his mind came very near being unbalanced.
his mind came very near being unbalanced.
here,there a grammer problem that bothers me. "being is put in back of "came", why is it like this?explain it precisely with examples ,thank you!

Question

his mind came very near being unbalanced.
his mind came very near being unbalanced.
here,there a grammer problem that bothers  me. "being is put in back of "came", why is it like this?explain it precisely with examples ,thank you!

Answer

his mind came very near TO being unbalanced.

You left out the word "TO". After a preposition comes the gerund.

Answer

cullen,

come near + gerund  ...informal

come near to + gerund   ...this is the usual form

It is a phrasal verb that means .......almost do or experience something

Ex.
The car came near to colliding with the bus.
The cat came near to dying from fright.
His mind came very near being unbalanced
It came very near to hitting us.
Some of them came very near being killed by those torpedoes.