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Wowenglish Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Gerund?

I have two questions

Jon has a wide range of experience, having worked in all areas of the firm.

1. I wonder why comma is used.

2. I wonder if "having" is "gerund" or anything.
  

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Wowenglish Jon has a wide range of experience, having worked in all areas of the firm. 1. I wonder why comma is used.

— BillJ

  • Wowenglish Jon has a wide range of experience, having worked in all areas of the firm.
  • 1.
  • I wonder why comma is used.
  • 2.
  • I wonder if "having" is "gerund" or anything.
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Wowenglish
Jon has a wide range of experience, having worked in all areas of the firm.

1. I wonder why comma is used.

2. I wonder if "having" is "gerund" or anything.

Hi

1. The sequence 'having worked ....' is a dependent clause and it's quite normal to separate such clauses with a comma. If you speak it, you'll prob
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BillJIncidentally, you can tell the clause is adverbial because you can move it to the beginning of the sentence and it still makes sense:

Having worked in all areas of the firm, Jon has a wide range of experience.

Very good hint![Y]
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"having worked in all areas of the firm" is not a dependent clause, but it's a present participle phrase.
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Wowenglish I wonder if "having" is "gerund" or anything.
Having worked is a perfect participle. Many European grammarians call structures like the one it introduces in your sentence clause equivalents. I have seen many Britons and Americans call them reduced clauses. Labels are not important, though.

CB
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