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Nina_Nia Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

A grammar structure

Hello,

What grammar structure is this? Having finished his reading he went out for a stroll.
She reproach me with having sent her to the Home.
The old fellow fidgeted a bit. Then, “Well, I know I didn’t ought to have done it,”

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Hi, When an action happened before another one did, we use having + V_ed/V3 for the first one: Having finished his reading , he went out for a stroll. (He finished his reading first, and then he went out) She reproach ed me with having sent her to the Home. (I sent her to the Home first, and then she reproached me) These are usually used in written English rathen than spoken one.

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  • Hi, When an action happened before another one did, we use having + V_ed/V3 for the first one: Having finished his reading , he went out for a stroll.
  • (He finished his reading first, and then he went out) She reproach ed me with having sent her to the Home.
  • (I sent her to the Home first, and then she reproached me) These are usually used in written English rathen than spoken one.
  • The old fellow fidgeted a bit.
  • Then, “Well, I know I didn’t ought to have done it”.
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Hi,
When an action happened before another one did, we use having + V_ed/V3 for the first one:
Having finished his reading, he went out for a stroll. (He finished his reading first, and then he went out)
She reproached me with having sent her to the Home. (I sent her to th
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