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Exie Posted 15 years ago
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After having done the shopping ...

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Is it correct to say: "After having done the shopping, we went home"?

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Yes, it is correct. "After having done the shopping" is a perfect noun clause. We can express it in a much simpler way: After finishing the shopping, we went home.

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  • Yes, it is correct.
  • "After having done the shopping" is a perfect noun clause.
  • We can express it in a much simpler way: After finishing the shopping, we went home.
  • After shopping, we went home.
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Yes, it is correct. "After having done the shopping" is a perfect noun clause.

We can express it in a much simpler way:

After finishing the shopping, we went home.

After shopping, we went home.
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Thank you for the aswer Emotion: smile
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exieIs it correct to say: "After having done the shopping, we went home"?
Yes, and you don't even need 'after'. There are many correct versions:

1 Having done the shopping, we went home.

2 After having done the shopping, we went home.

3 After doing the shopping, we went home.

4 The shopping done, we went home.

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Thank you for the examples. I didn't know that I can omit "after" Emotion: smile
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