Hasibul Alam Posted 6 years ago
Grammar

What is the difference in the meaning?

Mr. Brooks being shotMr. Brooks was shot
  

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Hasibul Alam Mr. Brooks being shot This is a non-finite clause of the type called a participle clause. It cannot stand alone as a sentence as its purpose is to add extra information to a full sentence.

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Hasibul AlamMr. Brooks being shot

This is a non-finite clause of the type called a participle clause. It cannot stand alone as a sentence as its purpose is to add extra information to a full sentence. It might occur with a full sentence thus:

Mr. Brooks being shot, the only doctor in the crowd came forward to see what he could do to save the man'