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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

Is it right grammar to say:Having doing his homework,Paul went to bed.
  

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Yes. However, you need a space after the comma (and also after the colon).

— GPY

  • Yes.
  • However, you need a space after the comma (and also after the colon).
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Yes.

However, you need a space after the comma (and also after the colon).
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Hello GPY,

'Having doing his homework, Paul went to bed.' - Does it mean 'after doing his homework, he went to bed'? Could we use other verbs, for eg 'to eat', 'to watch', 'to play' etc. as well in this construction with 'having'? I mean... could we also say 'having eating his dinner, he went to bed', or 'having watching the T.V.
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TomJHello GPY, 'Having doing his homework, Paul went to bed.' - Does it mean 'after doing his homework, he went to bed'? Could we use other verbs, for eg 'to eat', 'to watch', 'to play' etc. as well in this construction with 'having'? I mean... could we also say 'having eating his dinner, he went to bed', or 'having watching the T.V., he went to do his homework'? I don't
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Yes, it should be 'having done...", having doing just doesn't make sense.
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GPYI think I am going daft in my old age.
If it's any consolation, I read it as correct when I first looked at it. Mind you, I do have tthe excuse of genuine senility.
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