261. Being a United States citizen since 1988 and born in Calcutta in 1940. author Bharati Mukherjee has lived in England and Canada, and first came to the United States in 1961 to study at the Iowa Writers' Workshop.
(A) Being a United States citizen since 1988 and born in Calcutta in 1940, author Bharati Mukherjee has (B) Having been a United States citizen since 1988, she was born in Calcutta in 1940; author Bharati Mukherjee (C) Born in Calcutta in 1940, author Bharati Mukherjee became a United States citizen in 1988; she has (D) Being born in Calcutta in 1940 and having been a United States citizen since 1988, author Bharati Mukherjee (E) Having been born in Calcutta in 1940 and being a United States citizen since 1988, author Bharati Mukherjee
C is best. The first clause presents its information clearly and in logical sequence. The use of a semicolon to set apart the remaining information further assists the clarity of the sentence. In A, the phrase Being... and born violates parallelism and oddly presents its information in reverse chronological order. Choice B illogically suggests that upon her birth in 1940, Mukherjee had already been a United States citizen since 1988. In D and E, the use of progressive forms (Being born, having been, Having been born, and being) implies continuous action, a notion that is not appropriate to the facts being presented. Also, these forms do not establish a logical time sequence, suggesting, for example, that Mukherjee had been a United States citizen before she lived in England and Canada and first came to the United States.
我承认顺序问题确实存在，可是being和born平行怎么就违反规则了呢？
还有 正确答案的后一句：
She has lived in England and Canada，and first came to the United States in 1961 to study at the Iowa Writers' Workshop. 1）现在完成时可以一般过去时这样平行吗？ 2）Canada后面的逗号是不是超诡异。。 ，+and 不是一定要接含主语的完整句子么~？
总是自我解答。。。！！！ Ron大神的解释： the answer to that question is, ROUGHLY, that you should avoid "being" when expressing the IDENTITY or CHARACTERISTICS of some individual or thing. this is because "being" is usually unnecessary in such cases; there are simpler modifiers (such as appositives) that, while absolutely impossible to use in spoken language, are better in written language. example: being a cigar aficionado, john has strong opinions on when to use single-guillotine cigar cutters rather than double-guillotine cutters. --> bad. a cigar aficionado, john has strong opinions on when to use single-guillotine cigar cutters rather than double-guillotine cutters. --> good. notice that we can simply omit the "being" here.
you don't want to omit "being" here, because it's not expressing identity: in the context of (e), it's a necessary verbal. (nice litmus test: try omitting it and see whether the sentence is still viable, perhaps with minor modifications. here, it isn't.)
so, to sum up: if "being" expresses IDENTITY or CHARACTERISTICS, then kill it. otherwise, evaluate it on the same merits as you would any other verb. 非常精辟
She has lived in England and Canada，and first came to the United States in 1961 to study at the Iowa Writers' Workshop. 1）现在完成时可以一般过去时这样平行吗？ 2）Canada后面的逗号是不是超诡异。。 ，+and 不是一定要接含主语的完整句子么~？
-- by 会员 plainn (2012/5/9 16:48:42)
1) native speaker认为she has lived in...这样没有其他时间暗示词的用法就意味着是“她曾经住在”，现在已经不住了，只是暗含对现在有影响 整体来说句子的时态和逻辑是流畅的 （仍然不是那么有道理） 2）S+V1+O1, and V2+O2---correct S+V1+O1, and pronoun+V2+O2 ---correct but S+V1+O1 and pronoun+V2+O2 --- run-on sentence
Being tired from the party, I fell asleep in less than one minute.错！ 改: Tired from the party, I fell asleep in less than one minute.
-- by 会员 plainn (2012/5/15 19:26:56)
总结being的多余用法： 1、being+done 作modifier Being committed to his company, the executive worked long hours. --> incorrect Committed to his company, the executive worked long hours. --> correct but being+done作 gerund 当主语时是对的 2、 being+adj的形式，being可直接省掉
3、being + n. 特别是n.是表明修饰对象的identity&characteristics的时候，being可直接省掉
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