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Olive bee Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

Gerund

Is it possible to put "On doing the shopping we went home" and "On having done the shopping we went home"?

What is more correct?

  

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You go home when you finish shopping. H aving done the shopping, we went home. If you want to say that you did both at the same time, then use this.

  • You go home when you finish shopping.
  • H aving done the shopping, we went home.
  • If you want to say that you did both at the same time, then use this.
  • We did our shopping on the way home.
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You go home when you finish shopping.

Having done the shopping, we went home.

If you want to say that you did both at the same time, then use this.

We did our shopping on the way home.

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