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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

having?

It had, that serve of hers, beauty, directness, youth, a classical purity of trajectory, and was, despite its spanking pace, fairly easy to return, having as it did no twist or sting to its long elegant hop.

Why did the author use having here?
  

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Anonymous Why did the author use having here? What would you have instead?

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AnonymousWhy did the author use having here?
What would you have instead?
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Also, commas make it really hard to understand the sentence.
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The serve has (= possesses) no twist or sting. 'See' seems meaningless there.
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AnonymousAlso, commas make it really hard to understand the sentence.
I agree that the composition could be more clear:

Her serve had beauty, directness, youth, and a classical purity of trajectory, and despite its spanking pace, it was fairly easy to return, having no twist or sting to its long elegant hop.
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