![]() ![]() ![]() Questions of causality are irrelevant to the initial question of the difference between "being" and "having been". Nevertheless, this sentence also seems to imply that the two facts are somehow linked. Again, the exact nature of the causality is unclear – perhaps she likes children because they bring back memories of her time in the classroom. She used to teach for a living.ģ) There is some relationship between her love of children and her former profession. Having been a teacher, she likes children.ġ) The woman was a teacher. Regardless of the particulars, though, which are left unstated, the sentence seems to imply that the two facts are somehow linked. ![]() Or maybe the writer assumes that all teachers like children. The exact nature of the causality is unclear – perhaps she got into teaching because she likes being around children, or perhaps she's grown to enjoy being around children because of her profession. She teaches for a living.ģ) There is some relationship between her love of children and her profession. ![]()
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