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Before <being> blamed

flowersophy

Senior Member
Chinese-China
Hi,

Before being blamed for the mistake you made, you'd better apologize to them.
(quoted from an English reference book)

I am not sure whether "being" can be deleted in the context above.

Thanks in advance!
Hi, Sophy.
I am not sure whether "being" can be deleted in the context above.
If you did that, you would need to replace being with something else. This version sounds normal: Before blamed for the mistake you made, you had better apologize to them.
Hi,

Before being blamed for the mistake you made, you'd better apologize to them.
(quoted from an English reference book)

I am not sure whether "being" can be deleted in the context above.

Thanks in advance!
It's not a very good sentence anyway. It seems to be saying that first you will apologise and then you will be blamed for the mistake.
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