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I read "であること" in a dictionary, under some explanation and I was wondering how can である be before こと?
From what I've read, である is like です、だ、でございます, but it's used for formal/neutral facts like in wiki.
As far as I know, all of the above can only be after nouns and at the end of sentences, or am I wrong?
Maybe I'm missing something about である, but it being used before nouns like こと、の、etc. seemed odd to me. Tons of examples here であることの英訳|英辞郎 on the WEB:アルク
From what I've read, である is like です、だ、でございます, but it's used for formal/neutral facts like in wiki.
As far as I know, all of the above can only be after nouns and at the end of sentences, or am I wrong?
Maybe I'm missing something about である, but it being used before nouns like こと、の、etc. seemed odd to me. Tons of examples here であることの英訳|英辞郎 on the WEB:アルク