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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

Conditional or gerund

Hello. I read the following sentence in my grammar book and I am not sure why option b is not correct.

You won't get a good job ....... the proper qualifications.

a. if you lack
b. having a lack of

I understand that option b is correct because it completes the conditional sentence. However, I am not sure why b is incorrect. My guess is that I am confused because I can't really tell if "having" is a gerund or a participle. Would it be correct to say "Having had a lack of the proper qualifications, you won't get the job".

Could you help me clarify that, please?
  

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Anonymous I am not sure why b is incorrect. Is it incorrect because 'having' refers to 'job', which is nonsensical. Anonymous Would it be correct to say "Having had a lack of the proper qualifications, you won't get the job".

— Mister Micawber

  • Anonymous I am not sure why b is incorrect.
  • Is it incorrect because 'having' refers to 'job', which is nonsensical.
  • Anonymous Would it be correct to say "Having had a lack of the proper qualifications, you won't get the job".
  • That is possible but awkward and a non-native construction.
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AnonymousI am not sure why b is incorrect.
Is it incorrect because 'having' refers to 'job', which is nonsensical.
Anonymous Would it be correct to say "Having had a lack of the proper qualifications, you won't get the job".
That is possible but awkward and a non-native construction.
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