Events & Promotions
|
|
GMAT Club Daily Prep
Thank you for using the timer - this advanced tool can estimate your performance and suggest more practice questions. We have subscribed you to Daily Prep Questions via email.
Customized
for You
Track
Your Progress
Practice
Pays
Not interested in getting valuable practice questions and articles delivered to your email? No problem, unsubscribe here.
Nov 2007:30 AM PST
-08:30 AM PST
Learn what truly sets the UC Riverside MBA apart and how it helps in your professional growth
Nov 2211:00 AM IST
-01:00 PM IST
Do RC/MSR passages scare you? e-GMAT is conducting a masterclass to help you learn – Learn effective reading strategies Tackle difficult RC & MSR with confidence Excel in timed test environment- Nov 23
11:00 AM IST
-01:00 PM IST
Attend this free GMAT Algebra Webinar and learn how to master the most challenging Inequalities and Absolute Value problems with ease. 
Nov 2510:00 AM EST
-11:00 AM EST
Prefer video-based learning? The Target Test Prep OnDemand course is a one-of-a-kind video masterclass featuring 400 hours of lecture-style teaching by Scott Woodbury-Stewart, founder of Target Test Prep and one of the most accomplished GMAT instructors.
18 Aug 2013, 08:34
Kudos
Bookmarks
A WORD ABOUT THE MUCH-ABUSED WORD, ‘BEING’
I read this snippet about use of BEING at SC questions of gmat ...Found it really useful...Lots of gmat takers have unending confusions about use of being at sc questions of gmat ...Some of us consider BEING as a quite evident blot to instantly mark the option using BEING as a wrong option .....This article can help a lot to demystify the usage of "BEING" at gmat sc questions.....
If there is one word that is literally worn-out through repetitive and often incorrect use, ii is BEING. (“Like” is a close second, like). We use the words ‘being’ and ‘like’ usually as filler words and do not worry about the appropriateness of its use in a statement. Our normal communication is replete with phrases such as “the reason being is that’ or ‘being that as it may’ or ‘she is just being a woman’ etc.
(Like is not too far behind: “it is like the coolest thing’ or ‘he is like awesome’ or ‘I am like completely stunned, like’ and so on).
BEING, if used in active voice statements, connotes temporariness. “I am being lazy’ suggests that I am not habitually lazy but temporarily lazy. “I am lazy’ implies that I am ‘habitually lazy’. You can see why it is illogical to say, ‘she is just being a woman’, meaning that she is temporarily a woman. Because she cannot be anything but a woman, it is illogical to say that she is BEING a woman. You could say, ‘She is BEING A DIFFICULT WOMAN’ meaning that she is not habitually difficult to deal with.
BEING, if used in passive voice statements, connotes action in progress. “The job is being done” suggests that the work is under way. “Proposals with graphics have a better chance of BEING APPROVED” is a statement in which ‘being approved’ is synonymous with ‘receiving approval’. (A better way to say the same statement is as follows: “Proposals with graphics are more likely TO BE APPROVED’)
GMAT sentences using BEING have an extremely high probability of ‘being incorrect’. (or, better yet, GMAT sentences using ‘being’ are very highly likely to BE INCORRECT). Being is an avoidable word in any sentence and GMAT will TEMPT you with answer choices using BEING. Remember: you have a better chance of having your ex-significant-other say nice things about you to her shrink than you have of ‘being correct’ in selecting an answer using BEING. Do NOT pick an answer using BEING unless you have thoroughly checked it out and made sure that there are no better alternatives. Usually there is.
I read this snippet about use of BEING at SC questions of gmat ...Found it really useful...Lots of gmat takers have unending confusions about use of being at sc questions of gmat ...Some of us consider BEING as a quite evident blot to instantly mark the option using BEING as a wrong option .....This article can help a lot to demystify the usage of "BEING" at gmat sc questions.....
If there is one word that is literally worn-out through repetitive and often incorrect use, ii is BEING. (“Like” is a close second, like). We use the words ‘being’ and ‘like’ usually as filler words and do not worry about the appropriateness of its use in a statement. Our normal communication is replete with phrases such as “the reason being is that’ or ‘being that as it may’ or ‘she is just being a woman’ etc.
(Like is not too far behind: “it is like the coolest thing’ or ‘he is like awesome’ or ‘I am like completely stunned, like’ and so on).
BEING, if used in active voice statements, connotes temporariness. “I am being lazy’ suggests that I am not habitually lazy but temporarily lazy. “I am lazy’ implies that I am ‘habitually lazy’. You can see why it is illogical to say, ‘she is just being a woman’, meaning that she is temporarily a woman. Because she cannot be anything but a woman, it is illogical to say that she is BEING a woman. You could say, ‘She is BEING A DIFFICULT WOMAN’ meaning that she is not habitually difficult to deal with.
BEING, if used in passive voice statements, connotes action in progress. “The job is being done” suggests that the work is under way. “Proposals with graphics have a better chance of BEING APPROVED” is a statement in which ‘being approved’ is synonymous with ‘receiving approval’. (A better way to say the same statement is as follows: “Proposals with graphics are more likely TO BE APPROVED’)
GMAT sentences using BEING have an extremely high probability of ‘being incorrect’. (or, better yet, GMAT sentences using ‘being’ are very highly likely to BE INCORRECT). Being is an avoidable word in any sentence and GMAT will TEMPT you with answer choices using BEING. Remember: you have a better chance of having your ex-significant-other say nice things about you to her shrink than you have of ‘being correct’ in selecting an answer using BEING. Do NOT pick an answer using BEING unless you have thoroughly checked it out and made sure that there are no better alternatives. Usually there is.
Archived Topic
Hi there,
This topic has been closed and archived due to inactivity or violation of community quality standards. No more replies are possible here.
Where to now? Join ongoing discussions on thousands of quality questions in our Verbal Questions Forum
Still interested in this question? Check out the "Best Topics" block below for a better discussion on this exact question, as well as several more related questions.
Thank you for understanding, and happy exploring!
15 Aug 2023, 16:50
Kudos
Bookmarks
Hello from the GMAT Club VerbalBot!
Thanks to another GMAT Club member, I have just discovered this valuable topic, yet it had no discussion for over a year. I am now bumping it up - doing my job. I think you may find it valuable (esp those replies with Kudos).
Want to see all other topics I dig out? Follow me (click follow button on profile). You will receive a summary of all topics I bump in your profile area as well as via email.
Thanks to another GMAT Club member, I have just discovered this valuable topic, yet it had no discussion for over a year. I am now bumping it up - doing my job. I think you may find it valuable (esp those replies with Kudos).
Want to see all other topics I dig out? Follow me (click follow button on profile). You will receive a summary of all topics I bump in your profile area as well as via email.
Archived Topic
Hi there,
This topic has been closed and archived due to inactivity or violation of community quality standards. No more replies are possible here.
Where to now? Join ongoing discussions on thousands of quality questions in our Verbal Questions Forum
Still interested in this question? Check out the "Best Topics" block above for a better discussion on this exact question, as well as several more related questions.
Thank you for understanding, and happy exploring!
