Being here is similar in meaning to "since" or "because".
1-Being a rich man, it does not mean I am happy.
2-Since I am a rich man, it does not mean I am happy.
No, that's not right and those examples are not correct. I'm afraid you have not understood. The sense of 'because' does
not come from the word
being but from the relation between the clauses.
The word
being is not similar to the word
since. The word
being is simply a grammatical word (a linking verb) in present participle form. The verb
be is in the
-ing form because it has to be, grammatically. That is, it would be ungrammatical to use a finite form such as
am or
is or
are.
4-Being invited to Sam's wedding, I will come early.
No, that is also wrong.
In the following sentence, "being" doesn't come first as a subject or in the beginning of the second clause
(after comma)
Will you please explain the following sentence?
(The name of the books) being the course books publisher establishes the fact that the course books have been written and approved by internationally acclaimed writers. This sentence is taken from my previous thread.
I didn't say that
being is the subject in any of the sentences we've so far mentioned. Read post #19 again.
In the sentence above, the subject (in blue) is a participle clause. The whole blue clause is the subject of the sentence. Within that participle clause, the word
being is a linking verb in the -
ing form, the subject of which is the part that you've rather confusingly put in brackets, highlighted in bold.
To say that again: the bold bit is the subject of the verb
being and the whole blue bit is the subject of the sentence, i.e, of the main verb
establishes.
Please read our posts very carefully. Don't worry if you don't understand this grammar because it is really quite advanced. At the moment, it is beyond your current level. You should focus on more basic stuff first.