0
Moon7296 Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
~ having ~ doubled ~
, the number of married women in employment having more than doubled in the last twenty-five years.
This sentence itself does not make sense gramatically, doesn't it ?(due to no main verb) but it perhaps becomes a complete sentence with additionals before comma.
but this practice has become so widespread that the working mother is now a not unusual factor in a child's home life, the number of married women in employment having more than doubled in the last twenty-five years.
Even though this is a full sentence, I don't understan how having ~ doubled can come. (It seems like participle phrase, but don't know how I can analyse in this sentence)
This sentence itself does not make sense gramatically, doesn't it ?(due to no main verb) but it perhaps becomes a complete sentence with additionals before comma.
but this practice has become so widespread that the working mother is now a not unusual factor in a child's home life, the number of married women in employment having more than doubled in the last twenty-five years.
Even though this is a full sentence, I don't understan how having ~ doubled can come. (It seems like participle phrase, but don't know how I can analyse in this sentence)
Top answer
I agree with you that the first one is not a sentence and that the second one is. We decided to leave the stadium, the game having concluded. This is a common construction.
- I agree with you that the first one is not a sentence and that the second one is.
- We decided to leave the stadium, the game having concluded.
- This is a common construction.
- Having sung an hymn, they went out .
- This participial phrase modifies only the subject, making it adjectival.
Get the Weekly English Kit 📬
New words, one handy idiom, and a 2-minute quiz — delivered to your inbox to keep your streak alive.
2 Answers
0
I agree with you that the first one is not a sentence and that the second one is.
We decided to leave the stadium, the game having concluded.
This is a common construction.
Having sung an hymn, they went out. This participial phrase modifies only the subject, making it adjectival.
The phrase "the game having concluded" modifies the entire main
We decided to leave the stadium, the game having concluded.
This is a common construction.
Having sung an hymn, they went out. This participial phrase modifies only the subject, making it adjectival.
The phrase "the game having concluded" modifies the entire main
00
moon7296It seems like participle phraseYes, it is.
The working mother is not unusual, the number ... having more than doubled ...
=
The working mother is not unusual because the number ... has more than doubled ...
CJ
0
Related Questions