Why there's a 'being' here?
Wonder to know why there's a 'being' next to 'defined as' as follow, I suppose that should be 'defined as flour-free'.
Tks in advance.
That's because a Twix contains flour, and in those states — which all share a sales tax code — candy is defined as being flour-free.
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As said by Su.ki, you can remove the word 'Being'. In this context, the word 'Being' means 'The nature'. Here, the sentence is "Candy is defined as being floor-free.". Here, 'Being' describes the nature of candy as floor-free. Again, you can remove 'Being' because it'll have the same meaning. But if you use 'Being', the sentence would be more formal.
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You could miss out the word 'being'. It would have the same meaning if the 'being' were omitted, but it is clearer if you include the verb.
They are considered to be flour-free/ They are defined as being flour-free
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