The boss being angry with his employees

[NAL123]

Consider this sentence, please:

(1) Greg getting ready for his interview.

As far as I know, we can use participle clauses like (1) as captions under pictures.

If so, can I say the following as a caption?

(2) The boss being angry with his employees.

If it's correct, does it mean "the boss is angry with..." or "the boss is being angry with..."?

 

[jutfrank]

Consider this sentence, please:

Neither (1) nor (2) is a sentence.

(1) Greg getting ready for his interview.

As far as I know, we can use participle clauses like (1) as captions under pictures.

Right. In fact, they work very well for that.

If so, can I say the following as a caption?

(2) The boss being angry with his employees.

Yes, but the verb 'being' isn't necessary. State verbs don't work very well for this as action verbs do.

If it's correct, does it mean "the boss is angry with..." or "the boss is being angry with..."?

It means that it describes a picture in which the boss is angry with his employees.

 

[NAL123]

Yes, but the verb 'being' isn't necessary.

You mean both of these work.

The boss angry with his employees.
The boss being angry with his employees.
Am I right?

State verbs don't work very well for this as action verbs do.

Do you mean for writing captions?

 

[jutfrank]

Yes and yes.

 

[NAL123]

Yes and yes.

But:
The boss angry with his employees. (Without "being")
is preferable, right?

 

[jutfrank]

I prefer it, yes.