Are both corrections correct? They have slightly different meanings, but also have similar meanings, therefore the word “whatever” is used to describe a person or a situation.

I once saw him approaching a busy road.

… suggests that you saw a male person in the middle of crossing the road (he was probably walking in the middle of the road toward one of the sides). But, you didn’t necessarily see him get to the side of the road

I saw him cross the road.

… suggests that you saw him do the entire action of starting on one side, walking across, and ending up on the other side.

(he is the star of this page).

I agree with Jay, but would also add that in the realm of philosophy, something has ‘being’ if it exist. I believe that existential can of worms. I am getting out of the way.

What is “being” means, because of the verb “to be” we use only the verb “to be”

when we think about that verb.