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Hi!
I've been learning English. - Present Perfect Continuous, every English book states that.
It being dark in the room, I couldn't find my book. - "It being dark in the room" not a single book in the library I went to explains what this is.
I was wondering maybe here are some English teacher that know this. I know that we live in post intellectual society so I would be very grateful if at least someon ecould explain this to me. Thank you vety much and have a great day!
#grammar #english
2025年5月9日 20:41
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'It being dark in the room' is not present perfect continuous at all. It is a participle clause. It has the same meaning as 'It was dark in the room so I couldn't find my book' or 'Because it was dark in the room, I couldn't find my book'
2 小时前
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Great question. I wish I knew the answer for sure. I think this might be an 'absolute phrase'. If you search the internet asking 'What is an Absolute phrase? Give me some examples?' hopefully that will provide you with a better explanation than I ever could! Given that we might be in a post intellectual society, I used AI first, which may of course mean I am barking up the wrong tree.
4 小时前
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I know how it works, but I didn't know what it was called until I did an internet search. 'it being dark in the room' is apparently a non-restrictive clause.
In my opinion: Whenever you see 'it being SOMETHING' you can think of it as 'since it was SOMETHING.'
In the example above, you could understand it as:
Since it was dark in the room, I couldn't find my book.
13 小时前
“It being dark in the room” actually is not present perfect continuous.
PPC is: has/have + been + verb -ing
For example:
I have been reading this book.
I have been taking the bus.
So you could say “I have been looking for my book, but it was dark.
Hope this helps!!
2025年5月9日 22:57
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9 小时前
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