Your opinion . . . ?

[saparris]

Here are the shoes in question. Don't like them? Don't buy any.

[Enigma]

I think they are groovy, just perfect for a man of your stature. They match your eyes too.

[saparris]

Actually, I think they match yours after you've been out on the town.

[Slava]

So, is that dark line near the upper edge a plimsoll line? Or are these simply plimsolls?

[Enigma]

Actually, I think they match yours after you've been out on the town.

Me? Going out on the town, drinking too much, causing havoc, staying up 'til the wee hours?

Yea, that sounds about right.

[saparris]

I think Converse calls it an accent stripe, being that the company has a basketball background rather than a nautical one.

[saparris]

Me? Going out on the town, drinking too much, causing havoc, staying up 'til the wee hours?

Yea, that sounds about right.

New forum. Same 88.

[Enigma]

I think Converse calls it an accent stripe, being that the company has a basketball background rather than a nautical one.

And you call yourself a grammar whizz. You should no better, Sap, than to use nonstandard phrases like 'being that.' I'll let you off this time, only if you turn a blind eye to all my mistakes--mistakes I prefer to call lapses LOL.

New forum. Same 88.

I'm actually changing. I have a strong desire not to look like a skinny pole with a large bump at its midsection--like most of the Kiwis who partake in the binge-drinking culture we have here.

[saparris]

And you call yourself a grammar whizz. You should no better, Sap, than to use nonstandard phrases like 'being that.' I'll let you off this time, only if you turn a blind eye to all my mistakes--mistakes I prefer to call lapses LOL.

Of all people, you should recognize the difference between "being that" as a non-standard colloquialism and a grammatically correct occurrence of the same phrase.

Consider the following:

"Being"...is often employed in an absolute construction attached to a complete sentence. As such, it is acceptable. For instance, we might write: "The legislators went ahead and passed the measure, the expectation BEING that they knew the governor would veto the bill in any case."

My sentence was a reduced form of "I think Converse calls it an accent stripe. [The reason] being [is] that the company has a basketball background rather than a nautical one.

But being as how you're working on not being a stick with a bump in the middle, I'll overlook your criticism.

[LukeJavan8]

Don't forget, 88, he blames all the mistakes on the
typing< typos he calls them.>

and the red shoes don't help, in fact since he has one
foot already in the nether regions, at least the color
matches.

[Enigma]

My sentence was a reduced form of "I think Converse calls it an accent stripe. [The reason] being [is] that the company has a basketball background rather than a nautical one.

This wouldn't be a absolute construction though, because you have a finite verb. I just saw 'being that' an unspeakable synonym for 'because' or 'since.'

But being as how you're working on not being a stick with a bump in the middle, I'll overlook your criticism.

It's harder than you think.

[saparris]

This wouldn't be an absolute construction though, because you have a finite verb. I just saw 'being that' as an unspeakable synonym for 'because' or 'since.'

I knew that it wasn't an absolute, but the reference I quoted was the only one I could locate regarding a grammatically correct form of "being that."

As a Southerner, I have heard people say things like "being that you're already here, you might as well stay and eat supper."

And being that you brung it up in the first place, I just had to teach you a lesson.

[Enigma]

I'm seeing my first signs of your being a disgruntled teacher, and I'm not liking it, one bit.

[LukeJavan8]

Latin has an ablative absolute, if that is any help.

[saparris]

I'm seeing my first signs of your being a disgruntled teacher, and I'm not liking it, one bit.

I'm not disgruntled. In fact, I am extremely gruntled--and a smart alec as well.