A perfect participle

Question

We use a perfect participle in a participle phrase to express the tense preceding major clause.
He revived my having died dog (=Before he revived my dog, it had been dying)
Can we use a perfect participle for the participle to play the role of an adjective like shown in the above sentence?

Thank you in advance for your help.

Cool Breeze · Accepted Answer

Please use sentences written by native speakers, if possible. I can barely understand what you are after.

He revived my dead dog. (= My dog had died before he revived it/him/her.)

CB

Park sang joon · Answer

I'm so sorry for my poor English

I will try to write better English texts.
Anyway for better understanding, I will change my question

I 'd like to express such a sentence as the following sentence, using a perfect participle.
My dog had been dying little by little but it din't die yet before he revived it.

So, can I write such a sentence as the following sentence?
He revived my having died dog.

Vsuresh · Answer

park sang joonHe revived my having died dog.

This doesn't sound like an English sentence, and that is what CB was pointing out.

Park sang joon · Answer

Thank you, vsuresh, for your answer.

To express the sentence "My dog had been dying little by little but it din't die yet before he revived it.",
Should I write like the following sentence.
My dog having died, he revived it.

Vsuresh · Answer

park sang joonMy dog having died, he revived it.

This contradicts your original idea: "My dog had been dying little by little but it din't die yet before he revived it."

What about this?
My dog had not died when he revived it.

CalifJim · Answer

park sang joonHe revived my [having died] dog.

If the dog had died, nobody could have revived it. "having nearly died" is, I think, the concept you want. So you're asking, in effect, if you can use a structure like

He revived my having nearly died dog.

And the answer is "no". I'm pretty sure that the German language uses similar structures quite often (e.g., "the in the train sitting girl"), but even though much of English developed from German historically, we don't have such structures in English.

In English you need something like this

My dog having nearly died, he revived it.

Note that these complex structures are virtually never used, especially not in everyday conversations.

CJ

Park sang joon · Answer

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Park sang joon · Answer

Thank you, Mr.Jim, for your concrete answer

I see that I can't use perfect participle for adjective phrase.

Note that these complex structures are virtually never used, especially not in everyday conversations.
My dog having nearly died, he revived it.

Shouldn't I use such sentences as the above sentence?

CalifJim · Answer

park sang joonShouldn't I use such sentences as the above sentence?

It's good practice for learning English grammar, and it may help you to understand written English, particularly if it was written quite a long time ago, but it won't do you any good in a conversation.

Such sentences are part of an older, literary tradition in English.

CJ

Park sang joon · Answer

Thank you Mr.Jim for your concrete accounts

Such sentences are part of an older, literary tradition in English.
I didn't know.

When my dog having nearly died, he revived it.
In any chance, in contemporary written English, Is it OK that I write the participle phrase with a conjunction like the above sentence?

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