Did he become an American citizen or was he always? "Being" implies that he was always.
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BrokenCoccyx doesn't mind if you grope on, Thu 18 May 2017, 15:34,
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No it doesn't.
It's the present participle indicating the current state. There is no implication that it has ever been thus.
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Prufrock Lucifer, son of the morning!, Thu 18 May 2017, 15:41,
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Makes sense. It was the first part of the sentence that confused me.
We really need to build a wall to keep out immigrants. If it just kept John Oliver out, I would settle.
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BrokenCoccyx doesn't mind if you grope on, Thu 18 May 2017, 15:50,
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