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This tag is for questions about the difference in meaning between certain words, phrases, or sentences.
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being VERBed vs VERBed
The form of "being caused" is a passive-voiced gerund.
A gerund is the noun form of a verb, which lets you refer to an action/activity as a noun (for example, "Running is fun" uses the gerund form of …
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'consist' vs 'subsist'
Subsist derives from Latin literally meaning to stand still or to remain. Sub means "under", and sistere means "to stand" or "to place"; imagine placing a piece of paper under a weight so that it does …
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