Difference between as and being?

[Muhammad Raza Wynne]

What is the difference between the usage of as and being in these sentences? Do they have same meaning?

As a child I often spent my time in reading books.
Being a child I often spent my time in reading books.

 

[Tdol]

The second is wrong. Being a child could only refer to someone who still is a child.

 

[jutfrank]

It's possible that the underlined phrases below could all be interpreted to mean Because I was.

As I was a child, I loved to spend time playing with friends.
Since I was a child, I loved to spend time playing with friends.
Being a child, I loved to spend time playing with friends.

 

[GoesStation]

What is the difference between [STRIKE]the usage of[/STRIKE] "as" and "being" in these sentences? Do they have the same meaning?

As a child, I often spent my time [STRIKE]in[/STRIKE] reading books.
Being a child, I often spent my time [STRIKE]in[/STRIKE] reading books.

See above. Always mark words and text you're writing about by surrounding it in quotation marks or setting it in italics.

 

[Muhammad Raza Wynne]

Is it also apt to use "as" if one is still a child?

 

[Muhammad Raza Wynne]

Please also explain that why "the usage of" and "spent my time in" are not correct?

 

[bhaisahab]

'The usage of' is fine in my opinion. With 'spent my time in' the 'in' is unnecessary and unnatural.

 

[GoesStation]

I struck out the usage of​ because I felt it didn't add anything to the sentence. It's not grammatically or logically wrong.

 

[Skrej]

What is the difference between the usage of as and being in these sentences? Do they have same meaning?

As a child, I often spent my time in reading books.
Being a child, I often spent my time in reading books.

Time spent reading books isn't automatically associated as a particularly child-like activity, although of course children certainly do read books. There's a bit of a disconnect in the logic of the association between childhood and reading.

Being a child, I loved to spend time playing with friends.

However, with jutfrank's example, playing with friends is something that does automatically sound child-like, even though adults can of course also play with friends. There's a strong logical connection in the association between childhood and playing with friends because we expect children to play with friends.

 

[jutfrank]

Please also explain that why "the usage of" and "spent my time in" are not correct?

Actually, I think the usage of is in fact grammatically incorrect after between. You could say either:

What is the difference in the usage of as and being in these sentences?

What is the difference between the uses of as and being in these sentences?