Hello, my dear friends!Today, I saw dear Tanya's sentence in this group:"...being a professional teacher of English grammar...".I looked at a dictionary and I saw that "being" is a noun, a conjunction and also an adjective.We know "being" can use as a present participle and as a gerund too.Now, here are my questions:1- What role does "being" have in the above sentence?2- May you give me a few examples about "being" as a noun, as an adjective, as a conjunction and as a gerund, please?Thanks in advance,Bijan
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Hi, Bijan! Let me tell what I know and I hope, Tanya will join us later.
You are right, BEING can be used as a present participle, gerund, noun. As to an adjective and conjunction, I have to consult.
So, in Tanya's sentence BEING is a participle. Here are a few other examples:
Being asked to help, I didn't hesitate (When I was asked.....)
Being teachers, we know how to explain different things (As we are teachers.....).
In the following sentences BEING is used as a regund:
After being sick for rather long, he recovered at last (He was sick for long, but he recovered later).
I remember being told about that ( I remember that I was told about that).
Thanks for being with me (I am thankful you are with me).
I'd like to say at once that the sentences in the brackets should be considered as explanations only og the gerund is on the subject.
As a noun BEING means LIVING, EXISTENCE or living things:
Social being determines consciousness.
Pets are living beings and need our care and love.