Having created - tense
Hi Everyone,
I'd like to check which tense aspect is 'having won' in the following sentence. Is it just a present participle?
Prior to the exhibition and never having won a prize, Julie was nicely surprised.
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Cup cake having won It's not a tense because it has an -ing verb without an auxiliary. It's a non-finite (tenseless) verb form, specifically a participle. winning is the present participle.
- Cup cake having won It's not a tense because it has an -ing verb without an auxiliary.
- It's a non-finite (tenseless) verb form, specifically a participle.
- winning is the present participle.
- having won is the perfect participle.
- never having won a prize is a participle clause.
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Cup cakehaving won
It's not a tense because it has an -ing verb without an auxiliary. It's a non-finite (tenseless) verb form, specifically a participle.
winning is the present participle.
having won is the perfect participle.
never having won a prize is a participle clause.
"perfect" is sometimes call
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