Tigershark is correct. Sentence one sounds more natural than sentence two.
The reason for this better sound may be that, In English syntax--and it need not be in something as relatively unusual as the nominative absolutes you are starting these sentences with--it is a general rule to put any reference to time sequence at the beginning of a sentence.
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Yoong Liat
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Tue 26 Feb, 2008 08:34 am
Thanks, Miklos7.
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contrex
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Fri 29 Feb, 2008 04:13 am
"It being" is atrocious. Avoid.
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Miklos7
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Fri 29 Feb, 2008 08:35 am
Theoretically, the phrase should be "Its being." That's even worse!
Theoretically, the phrase should be "Its being." That's even worse!
I don't think that this is accurate, Miklos7.
Tomorrow, it being Friday, we'll all be wearing blue jeans at the office.
?Tomorrow, its being Friday, we'll all be wearing blue jeans at the office. ?
I see nothing wrong with using 'it being' when the circumstances warrant it.
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contrex
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Sat 1 Mar, 2008 01:49 am
JTT wrote:
Tomorrow being Friday, we'll all be wearing blue jeans at the office.
See how the "it" is redundant?
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JTT
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Sat 1 Mar, 2008 08:37 am
contrex wrote:
JTT wrote:
Tomorrow being Friday, we'll all be wearing blue jeans at the office.
See how the "it" is redundant?
'redundant' does not make something incorrect, Contrex, nor does it make it "atrocious".
Languages, English is among them, are filled with redundancies. We unnecessarily repeat pronouns even when it's absolutely clear what/who is being discussed.
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