英文的問題^^

英文寫會議記錄，

There being no other business, the meeting ended at 10:30 a.m.

為何用being？

being = gerund there = adverb in the sentence


10:30 A.M ( formal) 10:30 a.m ( acceptable format)

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Your sentences can be rephrased as follows:

-There was no other business, so the meeting ended at 10:30 A.M.

-The meeting ended at 10:30 A.M because there was no other business.




-(There) Being no other business, the meeting ended at 10:30 P.M.


Bye

2009-07-01 21:29:14 補充：
Correction:


(There) Being no other business, the meeting ended at 10:30 A.M.

2009-07-02 15:15:14 補充：
10:30 A.M

2009-07-04 02:19:47 補充：
-(There) Being no other business, the meeting ended at 10:30 A.M.


Something wrong with Yahoo!

I did put this sentence onto the thread!

這句子可寫成以下兩個簡單句子(simple sentence):
There was no other business. The meeting ended at 10:30 a.m


如果要把以上兩個分開的句子變成一句，我們可以用以下其中一個方法:
(1) 用一個連接詞 (conjunction)把它們連成一句，eg, Because there was no business, the meeting ended at 10:30 a.m.
(2) 把第一句裏面的動詞變成 gerund (+ ing)，所以變成：There being no other business, the meeting ended at 10:30 a.m.