Timeline for Do I need the second "being" in this sentence?
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| Apr 25, 2017 at 3:38 | vote | accept | alex | ||
| Apr 10, 2017 at 6:27 | comment | added | Peter | While it's true "I went from being single to married overnight" avoids the repetition and is understandable, something like "I went from eating meat to vegetables" doesn't sound quite right, nor does "I went from being a carnivore to vegetarian", as it's usually phrased as "I went from eating meat to being a vegetarian". | |
| Apr 7, 2017 at 12:19 | comment | added | stangdon | You think it's actually necessary? I feel like when there's that kind of parallelism in a sentence, we often omit the repetition of the verb. I can't think of a rule per se, but if you google "I went from being" you'll see the second being often omitted. Same thing with "I went from working out" - you see stuff like "I went from working out six times a week to twice a week", without the repetition of "working out". | |
| Apr 7, 2017 at 5:35 | history | answered | Peter | CC BY-SA 3.0 |