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Sat 13 Jan, 2018 08:47 am
I don’t know what word or words should be used instead of 'being' in particular cases when somebody or something IS in some work. I think 'being' is too simple and clumsy, but I don’t know the solution. Should this word be 'figuring,' ‘appearing’ 'including'/'included' or something else?
I thinking about the following cases:
the umbrella being in the story
an illustration being in the book entitled …
the tree being in this painting
the strange affairs being in his works
And I don’t know if the case changes, i.e. I should choose another word if I talk in the following way:
An umbrella (too) …s in the story. (Meaning that there is an umbrella in the story.)
Just change the verb
Used in the story
Seen in the story
Mentioned in the story
Introduced in the story
@PUNKEY,
Thank you! 'Introduced' seem to be especially good because it's often used, however I've never understood when to use it. Would you mention some simple example? And maybe with 'included' too please.
The umbrella was included in his baggage.
The umbrella included in his baggage was lost.
His baggage, including his umbrella, was lost.
Including his umbrella, his entire baggage got lost. .
the umbrella being in the story
an illustration being in the book entitled …
the tree being in this painting
the strange affairs being in his works
the umbrella in the story
an illustration in the book entitled …
the tree in this painting
the strange affairs in his works
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