Using BEING

[3ebu]

Using BEING

Both the Second Daughter and the Youngest Daughter were still students, who depended on the family.

Both the Second Daughter and the Youngest Daughter were still students, being dependent on the family.

Do these two sentences mean the same?

Thank you!

 

[tedmc]

Using BEING


Both the second daughter and the youngest daughter were still students, who depended on the family.

Both the second daughter and the youngest daughter were still students, being dependent on the family.

Do these two sentences mean the same?

Thank you!

Yes, they mean the same.
Why have you capitalized the daughters?
Please use the standard font in your post.

 

[kadioguy]

How about these two?

c. Both the second daughter and the youngest daughter were still students, depending on the family.

d. Both the second daughter and the youngest daughter were still students, dependent on the family.

 

[tedmc]

How about these two?

c. Both the second daughter and the youngest daughter were still students, depending on the family.

d. Both the second daughter and the youngest daughter were still students, dependent on the family.

c uses the participle. d is better than c. "Students who were depending on the family" sounds better.

 

[Rover_KE]

3ebu, where did you find these sentences? Who wrote them?

 

[3ebu]

Dear Rover, KE

Both the Second Daughter and the Youngest Daughter were still students, who depended on the family.

Both the Second Daughter and the Youngest Daughter were still students, being dependent on the family.

The trainee solicitor wrote: “Both the Second Daughter and the Youngest Daughter were still students dependent on the family.”

I am familiar with clauses not reducing phrases, and therefore I changed the sentence to a clause. However, after my painstaking effort in searching through the internet for verification, I might have just added a word of “being” to have made a complete sentence. Just so simple!

Regarding the capitalization, I think that they are the formats of Hong Kong law firm.

By the way, I am ashamed of my written English now.

One more thing, can anyone tell me what type of the standard font for this web-page is.


Thank you!

 

[tedmc]

1.Both the Second Daughter and the Youngest Daughter were still students, who depended on the family.

2. Both the Second Daughter and the Youngest Daughter were still students, being dependent on the family.

3. Both the Second Daughter and the Youngest Daughter were still students dependent on the family.

All three versions are acceptable but I prefer the third for using fewer words to express the same thing.

Okay, the capitalization of the positions of the daughter is mean to give highlight, which is not normally done.

It is better to use the default font and not change it, for consistency and better readability.

 

[teechar]

How about this?
Both the second and youngest daughters were still students and dependent on the family.

 

[Tdol]

I like d), though I'd use their family.

 

[teechar]

though I'd use their family.

The family needn't be their own, though it probably is.