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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
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Having + Past Participle
Hey! I am supposed to rewrite this sentence into past participle:
"Since he is afraid of the dark, he always sleeps with his night lights on."
My alternatives are:
- "Having him afraid of the dark, he always sleeps with night lights on." or
- "Afraid of the dark, he always sleeps with night lights on."
I see that the second sentence looks the best, but my English book says that you can sometimes use "having + past participle". Does it mean you can write the first sentence as well? Or what are the rules for "having + past participle"? Can you put a pronoun between "having" and the verb? I appreciate all answers!
"Since he is afraid of the dark, he always sleeps with his night lights on."
My alternatives are:
- "Having him afraid of the dark, he always sleeps with night lights on." or
- "Afraid of the dark, he always sleeps with night lights on."
I see that the second sentence looks the best, but my English book says that you can sometimes use "having + past participle". Does it mean you can write the first sentence as well? Or what are the rules for "having + past participle"? Can you put a pronoun between "having" and the verb? I appreciate all answers!
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Since he is afraid of the dark, he has always slept with his night lights on. ) Since he has always feared the dark, he sleeps with his night lights on. )
- Since he is afraid of the dark, he has always slept with his night lights on.
- ) Since he has always feared the dark, he sleeps with his night lights on.
- )
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Since he is afraid of the dark, he has always slept with his night lights on. (This is present perfect, which uses the past participle, slept, of sleep.)
Since he has always feared the dark, he sleeps with his night lights on. (This is present perfect, which uses the past participle, feared, of fear.)
Since he has always feared the dark, he sleeps with his night lights on. (This is present perfect, which uses the past participle, feared, of fear.)
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