Jigneshbharati Posted 7 years ago
Grammar
State of being
What does "being" mean in "state of being" in the context of verbs?
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I suppose a fairly good substitute for 'being' would be 'existence' in that expression. It must be admitted, however, that "state of being" itself is difficult to paraphrase. It's not a really clear concept like "house".
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I suppose a fairly good substitute for 'being' would be 'existence' in that expression.
It must be admitted, however, that "state of being" itself is difficult to paraphrase. It's not a really clear concept like "house".
Wiktionary defines "state of being" as "the overall physical condition of a person", but that's not exactly how we use it in the world of grammar.
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