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In his
Linguistic corpora ( new favorite phrase) did Madison make any "being clause's" yes! He did! 975 of them. In how many was the being clause separate from the following clause? Zero!

"The second amendment was written by James Madison, maybe the most intellectually distinguished of the Founding Fathers...he was precise, almost persnickety about language...it is inconceivable that Madison just dashed off a quick thought and left it at that. Madison never dashed anything off. "