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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

help identify the tense of this sentence

hi can someone help me identify the tense in these sentences, because its formation is not the same as what I have read on tenses

"Having lived in Setauket...."
"having been tested....." <-- isn't it suppose to be "have been testing...?"

what can I search to understand this tense, its uses, and its formation rule? thanks
  

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Please give us a complete sentence to work on,
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"having lived in Setauket for 10 years, I am able to speak fluent English"

"adults, aged 18-64, reported ever having been tested for HIV,"
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Anonymous"having lived in Setauket for 10 years
There is no tense. "Having lived" is a non-finite verb, called a perfect participle.
Non-finite verbs are not inflected for tense.
Traditional grammars call this a participial phrase; modern grammars call it a non-finite clause.
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Anonymoushaving lived in Setauket for 10 years, I am able to speak fluent English"
I agree with AS that this is a perfect participle.
Anonymous"adults, aged 18-64, reported
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thank you for the response fivejedjon and alpheccastars. May I know, what do you mean by having no tenses? I cant quite understand how a sentence does not represent a time (present, past or future) If I search for non-finite clause, will it help me in the understanding of these sentences?
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This is the body of the sentence: I am able to speak fluent English.
The subject is "I".
The verb is "am."
The verb is present tense.

A non-finite clause which modifies the subject "I" can be added to the sentence. It does not change the main verb, which is present tense.

I, having lived in Setauket for 10 years, am able to speak fluent English.
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