There were 200 people present at the meeting.本句可改为：1、There were 200 people to be present at the meeting.2、There were 200 people being present at the meeting.这两种句形吗?如果不可以为什么?
问题描述：
There were 200 people present at the meeting.
本句可改为：1、There were 200 people to be present at the meeting.2、There were 200 people being present at the meeting.这两种句形吗?如果不可以为什么?
答
present做形容词有出席的, 到场的的意思
也就是例句里是做形容词。
做动词也有出席的意思
但第一句中to be表示过去将来时跟例句表达时间不符合，第二句中being表示正在进行也不符合，例句只是很简单的表达过去的事实
答
present 出席的,当面的
是形容词,直接加在修饰的名词后面,其他改写形式太不简洁,也没有见过那样的说法.