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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.I think Converse calls it an accent stripe, being that the company has a basketball background rather than a nautical one.
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.New forum. Same 88.
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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.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.
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.
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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.'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.
It's harder than you think.But being as how you're working on not being a stick with a bump in the middle, I'll overlook your criticism.
What you see, yet can not see over, is as good as infinite. ~Thomas Carlyle
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."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.'
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.
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I'm not disgruntled. In fact, I am extremely gruntled--and a smart alec as well.I'm seeing my first signs of your being a disgruntled teacher, and I'm not liking it, one bit.
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