786 being

gemj

786.    The nephew of Pliny the Elder wrote the only eyewitness account of the great eruption of Vesuvius in two letters to the historian Tacitus.
(A) The nephew of Pliny the Elder wrote the only eyewitness account of the great eruption of Vesuvius in two letters to the historian Tacitus.
(B) To the historian Tacitus, the nephew of Pliny the Elder wrote two letters, being the only eyewitness accounts of the great eruption of Vesuvius.
(C) The only eyewitness account is in two letters by the nephew of Pliny the Elder writing to the historian Tacitus an account of the great eruption of Vesuvius.
(D) Writing the only eyewitness account, Pliny the Elder’s nephew accounted for the great eruption of Vesuvius in two letters to the historian Tacitus.（E）
(E) In two letters to the historian Tacitus, the nephew of Pliny the Elder wrote the only eyewitness account of the great eruption of Vesuvius.
按照LZM的说法，being the only eyewitness accounts必错。因为being＋N，being＋ADJ必错。

但这两种用法都有：
(E) Some gifts, being conciliatory in nature, indicate by their costliness the degree of hostility they must appease in the recipient.
Mills and factories, being real property, were clearly excluded: machinery may also have been, for the same reason.
All this was unified by being subjected to the same kind of religious scrutiny, the impact of which varied greatly, being almost nonexistent in some fields, and in others originating novel institutions.

而且OG的解释也是因为逻辑主语不对才导致B错的，并非BEING本身的问题：
In B, the verb phrase that begins being the only eyewitness accounts modifies the subject of the preceding clause, suggesting nonsensically that the nephew of Pliny the Elder himself was the eyewitness accounts.

这些例子都是出自ETS之手。
真理难道就可以这样被践踏？
越来越感到LZM的东西不可信，越来越感到XDF害人很深！
（虽然比有些培训班要强多了，至少不骗人啊）
千万中国GMAT考生就是在这样的环境下复习备考！

ivey

若说有being的选项一定错, 的确是太武断. 但除非是要表达特定的语意或符合文法上的需求, 用being的写法往往会比较累赘.

dandan74

Agree with ivey.
To be concise, being is not good(OG even mentioned this). But we can only take it literally. Logic is more important than everything in SC.

joywzy

agree with gemj.