I know in the past most of the option with having been and being were considered wrong because GMAT finds them fishy and when I say most of the options,I mean most literally but now I have been hearing that GMAT came across this observation and is trying to add more questions with correction option choices with having been or being . If anyone comes across an official question with these Taboo words in a correction option please add or shed some more light on this

This one uses "being" in the correct answer. https://gmatclub.com/forum/heavy-commit ... 10136.html

Hi Deeptanshu02 I. the usage of BEING First take a shot at questions below. Please, don’t read explanations from experts until you finish all questions in the list. Just continue solving even if you miss the right answer to some questions. 1. https://gmatclub.com/forum/ornithologis ... 97333.html 2. https://gmatclub.com/forum/heavy-commit ... 10136.html 3. https://gmatclub.com/forum/performing-a ... 90101.html 4. https://gmatclub.com/forum/as-part-of-t ... 89745.html 5. https://gmatclub.com/forum/the-survival ... 42274.html 6. https://gmatclub.com/forum/according-to ... 22776.html 7. https://gmatclub.com/forum/a-team-of-re ... 17546.html 8. https://gmatclub.com/forum/since-the-19 ... 34320.html 9. https://gmatclub.com/forum/having-the-r ... 85482.html Now, take a look at the link below in order to familiarize yourself with the correct usage of “being”. Try to apply the concept you learnt to questions above: https://gmatclub.com/forum/ornithologis ... l#p2288730 II. the usage of “NO COMMA + HAVING DONE” and “COMMA + HAVING DONE” Similarly, please first finish all the questions in the list below. Search answer choices for the constructions above. 1. https://gmatclub.com/forum/higher-educa ... 25982.html 2. https://gmatclub.com/forum/nasa-s-metho ... 53996.html 3. https://gmatclub.com/forum/industrializ ... 82305.html 4. https://gmatclub.com/forum/neuroscienti ... 96386.html 5. https://gmatclub.com/forum/a-team-of-re ... 17546.html 6. https://gmatclub.com/forum/anti-poverty ... 34269.html 7. https://gmatclub.com/forum/diesel-engin ... 85984.html 8. https://gmatclub.com/forum/some-patient ... 83070.html Now read generis here: https://gmatclub.com/forum/having-recei ... l#p2265217 Read RonPurewal here: https://www.manhattanprep.com/gmat/foru ... ml#p118235 Having read all four links with explanations, try to apply what you have learnt to question above. (Did you notice how I used “having read”?) Surely, you need to read explanations from other experts in the threads of those questions. When you finish all links above, force yourself to review them at least two more times so that you start to understand the correct usage and the correlation between such usages. If you review them again after a week or two, there is some probability that you can actually apply your knowledge to new similar questions.

I just came across another taboo. Pronouns such as Placeholder "It". I never really thought of them as a bs option and struck it off right away but I observed there is some fishy business with this (It is raining type of sentences)

I. First try these problems: https://gmatclub.com/forum/it-was-only- ... 24268.html https://gmatclub.com/forum/it-is-unclea ... 98487.html https://gmatclub.com/forum/it-is-possib ... 28658.html https://gmatclub.com/forum/as-rare-as-s ... 65711.html Now read GMATGuruNY here: https://gmatclub.com/forum/?href=-st ... 82034.html II. Can you correctly analyze answer choice A here? https://gmatclub.com/forum/michelangelo ... 51-20.html After solving the problem, read this post: https://gmatclub.com/forum/while-small- ... l#p2544940 III. Can you correctly analyze answer choices D and E here? https://gmatclub.com/forum/michelangelo ... 21751.html After solving the problem, read these posts: 1. https://gmatclub.com/forum/michelangelo ... l#p2512623 2. https://gmatclub.com/forum/michelangelo ... l#p2514614

I have just seen this post regarding usage of being, after taking my GMAT online exam the day before yesterday. I remember in SC I got nearly about 3-4 questions which have being in it 2-3 answer choices, Really put me in a bad position to eliminate or not because it is used as a verb and used as a modifier at the beginning of the sentence and as a Noun modifier.