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being vs to be

Both 'being' and 'to be' are correct, but they are used in different contexts. 'Being' is the present participle of the verb 'to be' and is used to indicate a continuous action or state. 'To be' is the infinitive form of the verb 'to be' and is used to express future actions, intentions, or conditions.

Last updated: March 22, 2024 • 1259 views

being

The word 'being' is the present participle of the verb 'to be' and is used to indicate a continuous action or state.

Use 'being' when you want to describe an action or state that is happening at the moment or over a period of time.
  • Everyone below is guilty: for being a woman, for being a child, for being a young person, for being an adult, for being an elder, for being human.
  • It means being someone, being important.
  • First step toward being noticed is being mentioned.
  • I always wondered if being ageless meant being immortal.
  • Stop being soft American eggs and start being thousand-year-old Taiwanese eggs.
  • But if being scrupulous means being penalised, then something is not right.
  • Surely one can distinguish between being pre-born... And being possessed.
  • One officer explained, For us, being cautious means being aggressive.
  • Because I knew that being the Hood meant occasionally being a killer.
  • Our being here is our eternal being.
  • And being a human being is obviously not separated from knowledge.
  • This dignity of being Avalokiteshvara prevents us from being cold-hearted and closed.
  • Unfortunately, your phones are being tapped... and you're being followed.
  • Artificially advance a Human being to ascension using technology rather than the help of another ascended being.
  • And, being governed by the pleasure principle, they're particularly dangerous when their desires are being frustrated.
  • One reason being maybe Medicare is being bankrupted by fraud.
  • Stop being bossy and try being magnanimous.
  • Observing is being and not being.
  • Even if being happy means... being with somebody else.
  • I think he equates being business-like with being mean.

Alternatives:

  • is
  • am
  • are
  • was
  • were

to be

The phrase 'to be' is the infinitive form of the verb 'to be' and is used to express future actions, intentions, or conditions.

Use 'to be' when you want to talk about something that will happen in the future, express intentions, or describe conditions.
  • Vampires who pretend to be humans pretending to be vampires.
  • This task will define the aspects to be validated in the SI-Screen system (services to be offered, overall design) and the methodologies to be used.
  • Rugs made to be stroked and a stand to be experienced.
  • Do not allow yourselves to be targets, to be manipulated and controlled.
  • The building needs to be renovated to be made habitable.
  • And to be suspicious of others is to be jealous.
  • I need him to be desperate, to be convincing.
  • I want to be burnt and never to be found.
  • At least one candidate has to be genuine for the test to be viable.
  • The ship appears to be in good condition and seems to be inhabited.
  • It's better to be a number than to be known.
  • You seem determined to be seen to be better than your neighbours.
  • Everything that comes in the bubble has to be disassembled to be sterilized.
  • I suppose you got to be smart these days to be a criminal.
  • I think people want to be allowed to be virtuous.
  • You got to be old-fashioned to be born in Mississippi.
  • People want to be allowed to be virtuous.
  • It was found to be too fragmentary to be diagnosable and therefore represents a nomen dubium.
  • First, it needed to be bright enough to be usable for sightings.
  • At first the friendly Azumi tries to be nice to Chizuru, only to be harshly rejected.

Alternatives:

  • will be
  • going to be
  • intend to be
  • should be
  • must be

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