Especially + "gerund" ?

👁 Peter Thompson

Peter Thompson

Banned

Malaysian

Hi! I would like to ask a question.
Let's take a look at the following sentence :
"You have to work hard especially patient with them"

My question : Is "being" after "especially" in the sentence necessary ? Would it be grammatically wrong if I removed the "being" from the sentence ?

Many Thanks 🙏

👁 heypresto

heypresto

Senior Member

South East England

English - England

I'm afraid it doesn't make much sense.

Without any context, I'm guessing you might mean 'You have to work hard and be especially patient with them.'

👁 Keith Bradford

Keith Bradford

Senior Member

Brittany, NW France

English (Midlands UK)

Or do you mean: "You have to work being patient with them"? (I.e. it is difficult to be patient.)

👁 Cenzontle

Cenzontle

Senior Member

English, U.S.

"You have to work hard [at a number of things, but] especially at being patient with them."

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