grammar help
Hello there,

'Being Grandstand, there was still time to squeeze in some rugby from Twickenham, golf from Sandwich, racing from Ascot and swimming from Coventry before getting back to Wembley and the Community Singing.'

In the sentence above, what is the grammatical function of 'being grandstand'? Is it adverbial?
What does 'being grandstand' mean in this context?

Regards.

Question

grammar help
Hello there,

'Being Grandstand, there was still time to squeeze in some rugby from Twickenham, golf from Sandwich, racing from Ascot and swimming from Coventry before getting back to Wembley and the Community Singing.'

In the sentence above, what is the grammatical function of 'being grandstand'? Is it adverbial?
What does 'being grandstand' mean in this context?

Regards.

Answer

Hi Damien, without seeing the rest of the chapter, I can only guess.

It looks like "Grandstand" was a sports TV program that aired in the United Kingdom.  I suppose that on this program, they were able to cover many sports, including rugby, golf, racing, etc.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grandstand_(TV_series)

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