Having been
In spite of the English language having been thrown into the background, some works were composed in it.
Why "having been", why not "have been"?
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In spite of the English language having been thrown into the background , some works were composed in it. "In spite of" + NP + gerund-participial clause is one of a large number of idiomatic expressions in English. In short, there is no alternative to using a gerund-participial clause (or an NP of course) as complement to "of", and hence the perfect "have been" is impossible here.
- In spite of the English language having been thrown into the background , some works were composed in it.
- "In spite of" + NP + gerund-participial clause is one of a large number of idiomatic expressions in English.
- In short, there is no alternative to using a gerund-participial clause (or an NP of course) as complement to "of", and hence the perfect "have been" is impossible here.
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In spite of the English language having been thrown into the background, some works were composed in it.
"In spite of" + NP + gerund-participial clause is one of a large number of idiomatic expressions in English. In short, there is no alternative to using a gerund-participial clause (or an NP of course) as complement to "of", and hence the perfect "have been" is impossibl
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