as being transient things

[Maybo]

"Usually you think of icebergs as being transient things; they fragment and melt away. But not this one," observed polar expert Prof Mark Brandon.

Source: World's biggest iceberg spins in ocean trap by Jonathan Amos and Erwan Rivault, BBC

What's the difference in meaning between "as being transient things" and "as transient things"

 

[jutfrank]

There's no important difference in meaning.

 

[emsr2d2]

@Maybo I have edited your last three thread starter posts so that the source appears directly after the quote. This is the correct layout:

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Source (title and author)

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