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Springmeans Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

Having P.P

Hi, all. Hope you are having a wonderful weekend.
I am wondering whether any of those two sentences are correct?

Not sleeping well last night, I am very tired now.
Not having sleeping well last night, I am very tired now.

If any of them are wrong, can you please explain to me why?
Thanks.
  

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springmeans Not sleeping well last night, I am very tired now. Not having sleeping well last night, I am very tired now. The first one is OK; the second one is wrong.

— CalifJim

  • springmeans Not sleeping well last night, I am very tired now.
  • Not having sleeping well last night, I am very tired now.
  • The first one is OK; the second one is wrong.
  • The auxiliary verb 'have' (and all its forms, such as 'having') can only govern a past participle.
  • For the verb 'sleep', the past participle is 'slept'.
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springmeansNot sleeping well last night, I am very tired now.
Not having sleeping well last night, I am very tired now.
The first one is OK; the second one is wrong.

The auxiliary verb 'have' (and all its forms, such as 'having') can only govern a past participle. For the verb 'sleep', the past participle is 'slept'.

Not having sl
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Hi, CJ.

That was silly of me.

I wrote the 1st sentence and copied & pasted it into the 2nd sentence because I didn't wanted to type the whole sentence again. I guess I forgot to change the tense in the 2nd sentence. I am very sorry.

I meant to write the following at the first place.

Not sleeping well last night, I am very tired now.
Not having sle
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Yes. Those are correct. The first is a bit awkward because it doesn't say as clearly that the not sleeping was before the being tired. It almost suggests the not sleeping is at the same time as the being tired. I recommend the second one. It's more precise.

CJ
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