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Hanuman_2000 Posted 10 years ago
Grammar
Having
Hello,
1.It's been lovely having you here.
I could not understand the 'having you here'; mostly we use 'since' or 'for' and a phrase or clause denoting the time
period or start of the time period.
Could anyone explain it?
Thanks.
1.It's been lovely having you here.
I could not understand the 'having you here'; mostly we use 'since' or 'for' and a phrase or clause denoting the time
period or start of the time period.
Could anyone explain it?
Thanks.
Top answer
) form of "Having you here has been lovely". "having you here" is a noun phrase.
- ) form of "Having you here has been lovely".
- "having you here" is a noun phrase.
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It's an inverted (or cleft?) form of "Having you here has been lovely". "having you here" is a noun phrase.
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1.It's been lovely having you here.
First, understand the phase "have you here."
When we "have people over," they come to our house for a visit, so "having you here" means the time period when you visited.
Our visit has been lovely.
Having you here has been lovely. (Gerund phrase subject. This is a very polite expression. It means that you apprecia
First, understand the phase "have you here."
When we "have people over," they come to our house for a visit, so "having you here" means the time period when you visited.
Our visit has been lovely.
Having you here has been lovely. (Gerund phrase subject. This is a very polite expression. It means that you apprecia
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GPYIt's an inverted (or cleft?) form of "Having you here has been lovely".Sorry, I'm not really sure what I was on about here. Dummy/anticipatory "it" is the way to go.
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