英语里面 there being 和 there be能互换吗?

Question

There being nothing to do ,we played games.

疑问:这里的being 可以换成 "was" 吗? There was nothing to do

Answer 1

There being nothing to do 和There was nothing to do ,这两个不能互换。因为前者是独立主格结构，当状语，说明玩游戏的原因。后者是完整的句子，要有连接词来连接前后两个完整的句子，如表示因果关系的because ,表示时间的连接词，如when ,before 等。