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Believer Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

having done vs. having had done

0Hi,02br
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00What is the difference? Is the difference that one takes the action further back than the other?02br
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00Having done that, he went off to work on his next project.02br
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00Having had done that, he went off to work on his next project.0-
  

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0 Hello Believer,02br 02br 00The second version isn't standard English, with the meaning you intend. It might possibly turn up in a causative context:02br 02br 001. e.

— MrPedantic

  • 0 Hello Believer,02br 02br 00The second version isn't standard English, with the meaning you intend.
  • It might possibly turn up in a causative context:02br 02br 001.
  • e.
  • 02br 02br 002.
  • 02br 02br 00All the best,02br 02br 00MrP0-
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0 Hello Believer,02br
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00The second version isn't standard English, with the meaning you intend. It might possibly turn up in a causative context:02br
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001. I had my hair done yesterday = I caused my hair to be cut yesterday (i.e. I had a haircut).02br
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002. Having had my hair done, I went swimming = having caused my hair to
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1i00Having done that,02i02br
00the way you want to use it (with a comma) 02br
00is really atemporal, you can place it in contexts from the past to the future. Thus there's no point in plonking a 01i00had02i00 in there. 02br
00The rest of the verbs define the real time. 0-
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The first finished action should be expressed in past perfect in general

And most of the sentences are expressed in simple past in case of both

First and second actions.

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