Having her double
Well the day has arrived 7 weeks since having her double lung transplant we're off home to Wales
I saw the above on our intranet Twitter page.
What is the grammatical form and function of "having" and is "having her double lung transplant" a phrase or a clause?
is there a signal word that suggests which form of "have" should be used after "since"?
Top answer
This is not properly written. Phrases have been run together without proper punctuation or grammatical connection. "having her double lung transplant" is apparently a gerund phrase, but "7 weeks since having her double lung transplant, we're off home to Wales" is wrong; it implies that "we" had "her" lung transplant.
- This is not properly written.
- Phrases have been run together without proper punctuation or grammatical connection.
- "having her double lung transplant" is apparently a gerund phrase, but "7 weeks since having her double lung transplant, we're off home to Wales" is wrong; it implies that "we" had "her" lung transplant.
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This is not properly written. Phrases have been run together without proper punctuation or grammatical connection.
"having her double lung transplant" is apparently a gerund phrase, but "7 weeks since having her double lung transplant, we're off home to Wales" is wrong; it implies that "we" had "her" lung transplant.
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