Immediately below, a rectangle of identical size and proportion contains two scenes, the one to the left being almost two and a half times as large as the other.
引文中的being一旦删除,成为无动词分句,会带来句意的什么样的变化?
本来就是无动词分句(是独立主格结构)
有没有being,并无区别。比如,也可以这样写 :
with the one to the left being almost two and a half times as large as the other.
the one to the left being almost two and a half times as large as the other.
传统语法称此为独立主格结构作状语,有无being对句义没有影响。
你使用的是现代语法术语。现代语法不用独立主格结构这个术语,称此结构为带主语的非限定分句或无动词分句作状语。如果用being则为带主语的非限定分句,省去being则为无动词分句。
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逗号后面的 the one to the left being almost two and a half times as large as the other 其实是一个独立主格结构。to the left 是修饰 the one 的后置定语。其中的 being 也可以省略。
该独立主格结构的意思是:靠左边的这个差不多是另一个的两倍半大。