How is “to be standing” used in paragraph 14?
“This paragraph came to my attention one day as I searched and read it again.” How does “standing” go?
I didn’t know people in particular were playing bingo or drinking bloody Marys at Sunday brunch so I couldn’t join it. Eric, of the same color, was sitting with all my friends around the back row. When I got the news that everyone I knew, everyone was waiting on me to ask something, I had never known about this!
I mean why you’re standing instead of standing?
What will be your views on upcoming events in Beijing?
Is the noun in this case ‘to be standing’? What it means is
To be standing was eeirie [predicate adjective referring to the subject… *
The construction you quote has the word it as the subject, and the noun phrase appears later in the sentence as a reference to, and definition of, it.
I think you’re getting confused by the “if you know what I mean”. I’re standing in front of my friend and he
is incredibly dreadful. I always make this sentence that I will make and have a similar sentence.
What is eerie? Sitting in front of them.
What are the implications of standing mean for longer term use than standing (what is longer term)? To stand is a simple action, with a finality, while to be standing is a state of being which stretches over an indeterminate amount of time. In this case, it surely helps the reader better feel the anxiety that the author felt by using language which forces us to process it as something which did not end quickly.
To be standing is an ongoing situation. To stand is not. So. This author is using the former to explain that he was standing the whole time while they waited and not that he got up, stood, and walked off or sat down again while they waited.
Is the noun in this case ‘to be standing’? What it means is
To be standing was eeirie [predicate adjective referring to the subject… *
The construction you quote has the word it as the subject, and the noun phrase appears later in the sentence as a reference to, and definition of, it.
To be standing is an ongoing situation. To stand is not. So. This author is using the former to explain that he was standing the whole time while they waited and not that he got up, stood, and walked off or sat down again while they waited.
(‘It was eerie to be standing’) on a grammatically correct end (‘It was eerie to be standing…” or “It was eerie to stand…”). What are the differences between two types of communication?
I would say it is mostly a choice of style, in this case. The two statements could be read as exactly equivalent. So, the simple answer is that the author thinks “…to be standing…” simply sounds better. What is the whole answer?
eerie describes the verb when one digs deeper into something. In this case the verb is ‘be’;’standing’ describes how he is being, and ‘eerie’ describes his feeling about that (about ‘being’, and about the whole clause, ‘being standing’).
What would be used in other case to say “stand”. Is this the state of being? He would feel at just about both of them sitting in front of him, with everyone waiting. It is the being in front of them, with them waiting that is eerie – not what state he’s in while he’s there.
Another note is that’standing’ means ‘being still’. What is the greatest advantage in sitting? To use them as opposed to action verbs – “It is exhausting sitting down and standing back up all day’- in which case you are neither’sitting still’, nor’standing still’.
(‘It was eerie to be standing’) on a grammatically correct end (‘It was eerie to be standing…” or “It was eerie to stand…”). What are the differences between two types of communication?
I would say it is mostly a choice of style, in this case. The two statements could be read as exactly equivalent. So, the simple answer is that the author thinks “…to be standing…” simply sounds better. What is the whole answer?
eerie describes the verb when one digs deeper into something. In this case the verb is ‘be’;’standing’ describes how he is being, and ‘eerie’ describes his feeling about that (about ‘being’, and about the whole clause, ‘being standing’).
What would be used in other case to say “stand”. Is this the state of being? He would feel at just about both of them sitting in front of him, with everyone waiting. It is the being in front of them, with them waiting that is eerie – not what state he’s in while he’s there.
Another note is that’standing’ means ‘being still’. What is the greatest advantage in sitting? To use them as opposed to action verbs – “It is exhausting sitting down and standing back up all day’- in which case you are neither’sitting still’, nor’standing still’.
To be standing is an ongoing situation. To stand is not. So. This author is using the former to explain that he was standing the whole time while they waited and not that he got up, stood, and walked off or sat down again while they waited.
Is the noun in this case ‘to be standing’? What it means is
To be standing was eeirie [predicate adjective referring to the subject… *
The construction you quote has the word it as the subject, and the noun phrase appears later in the sentence as a reference to, and definition of, it.
To be standing is an ongoing situation. To stand is not. So. This author is using the former to explain that he was standing the whole time while they waited and not that he got up, stood, and walked off or sat down again while they waited.
