[Grammar] Cna "A woman, I shall be of help in time of need." make sense?

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I think the last question is unnecessarily redundant.
I'm sorry.

1-1. Though I am a woman, I shall be of help in time of need.

1-2. Being a woman, I shall be of help in time of need.
1-3. A woman, I shall be of help in time of need.


The rule of making participle clauses, can 1-3 make sense?
But I haven't much seen a sentence like 1-3 before.


And there is another question.
2-1. Because there was too much traffic, I used subway.
2-2. There being too much traffic, I used subway.
2-3. There too much traffic, I used subway.

Can 2-3 make sense? Can 'being' be omitted from 2-3?

Thanks in advance.
 

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I think the last question is unnecessarily redundant.
I'm sorry.

1-1. Though I am a woman, I shall be of help in time of need.

1-2. Being a woman, I shall be of help in time of need.
1-3. A woman, I shall be of help in time of need.

All three are grammatical. The first one means something different than the other two. The third is okay, but "As a woman...." would be better.

The rule of making participle clauses, can 1-3 make sense?
But I haven't much seen a sentence like 1-3 before.


And there is another question.
2-1. Because there was too much traffic, I used the subway.
2-2. There being too much traffic, I used the subway. [Correct but awkward.]
2-3. There was too much traffic, so I used the subway.

Does 2-3 make sense? [No.] Can 'being' be omitted from 2-3? [Yes. See my changes.]

Thanks in advance.

Is this homework?
 

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No. It isn't.
Reading grammar book, These ideas came into my mind.

Anyway. My questions are inaccurate.
Probably, I made some mistakes when copying and pasting... :cry:
I'm sorry. I'll pay attention next time.
 
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