[Grammar] The main problem with glucose

[furqan1108]

dear Mr/Mrs. Let me introduce myself. my name is furqan and im from indonesia. would you mind answering my question. i just confuse about the sentence below between "it" and "being". why doesn't we insert "is" between "it" and "being" ? is that sentence correct grammatically?
if it is correct, why should we use "being" in that sentence?

The main problem with glucose relates to it being a fasting sample that needs to be transported on ice to the laboratory and tested promptly.

thank you.
best regards.

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

[STRIKE]dear Mr/Mrs.[/STRIKE]

Let me introduce myself. My name is Furqan and I'm from Indonesia. Would you mind answering my question? I am just confused about the sentence below. [STRIKE]between[/STRIKE] "it" and "being". Why don't we insert "is" between "it" and "being"[no space]? Is that sentence correct grammatically?
If it is correct, why should we use "being" in that sentence?

The main problem with glucose relates to it being a fasting sample that needs to be transported on ice to the laboratory and tested promptly.

Thank you.
Best regards.

Welcome, Furqan!

First: Always, always, always begin sentences with capital letters. Always capitalize the word I and proper names (like Indonesia and Furqan).

The sentence is grammatical.

Glucose is a fasting sample. The problem relates to that. It relates to glucose being a fasting sample. It relates to the fact that glucose is a fasting sample.

I don't know what a fasting sample is.

 

[SoothingDave]

A blood sample from someone who has been fasting.

Nothing is really "relating" here.

The main problem with glucose is that it is a fasting sample which needs to be transported on ice and tested promptly.

 

[Rover_KE]

furqan, always tell us the source and author of any text you quote, please.

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

A blood sample from someone who has been fasting.

Nothing is really "relating" here.

The main problem with glucose is that it is a fasting sample which needs to be transported on ice and tested promptly.

Furqan is just asking why the word being is there and why is and it are not.

Can you explain it? I tried, but I don't know how helpful my answer was. I'm sure other explanations would be welcome.

 

[furqan1108]

furqan, always tell us the source and author of any text you quote, please.

I am sorry. That sentece i got from " https://www.mlo-online.com/diagnostics/assays/article/13008473/the-glucose-vs-hba1c-controversy "

Why dont we use to be is to seperate between sentence the problem with glucose relates to it and being a fasting sample.

please give an comprehensive understanding if i am mistaken. thank you.

 

[Tdol]

Fasting samples are used to assess blood sugar levels:

https://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/fasting+blood+sample

Fasting is not eating, so I assume the tests are made when the subject has not eaten for a time.

https://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/fasting

 

[Tarheel]

I am sorry. I got that sentence from https://www.mlo-online.com/diagnostics/assays/article/13008473/the-glucose-vs-hba1c-controversy

Why don't we use to be is to separate between sentence the problem with glucose relates to it and being a fasting sample.

Please give an comprehensive understanding if i am mistaken. thank you.

I can't give you an understanding. You have to arrive at that on your own. I can only make corrections and offer suggestions.

It's appropriate that you thank me for reading that stuff. (It makes my head hurt.)

I left alone the part that was just too messed up for me figure out.

 

[Tarheel]

Two things. One, capitalize the first word of every sentence. Two, write shorter sentences.

 

[emsr2d2]

Furqan1108, please note that I have changed your thread title so that it is unique and relevant to the thread. Titles should include some/all of the text you are asking us about. Titles such as "asking" mean nothing and are useless.

 

[emsr2d2]

furquan1108, stop posting messages that say "Thank you". We have now deleted six such posts from you. As you can see from the "Reason for deletion" each time, we ask you not to waste time and space in this way. Click on the "Thank" button.

 

[jutfrank]

Why dont we use to be is to seperate between sentence the problem with glucose relates to it and being a fasting sample.

furqan, this makes no sense.

To understand the sentence, look at SoothingDave's much superior restatement of the sentence:

The main problem with glucose is that it is a fasting sample which needs to be transported on ice and tested promptly.

Don't worry about the grammar of the original sentence—you ought to focus on more basic sentence structure first.