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Dileepa Posted 7 years ago
Grammar

How to use "having + past participle" correctly

I wrote the following sentence as a part of one of my essays. However, I'm not precisely sure about it. Therefore, I would really appreciate it if someone could provide me with some feedback on the following sentence. I just wanted to tell was because celebrities are well-known, they can persuade their followers to do whatever they need. But the thing is I just wanted to use the construction: "having + past participle"


Therefore, having been well-known, celebrities can induce their followers to do whatever they need.

  

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Therefore, having been well-known . . This sounds a bit like they may not be well known anymore.

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  • Therefore, having been well-known .
  • .
  • This sounds a bit like they may not be well known anymore.
  • I suggest this.
  • Therefore, having become well-known , celebrities can induce their followers to do whatever they need.
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Therefore, having been well-known . . . This sounds a bit like they may not be well known anymore.

I suggest this.

Therefore, having become well-known, celebrities can induce their followers to do whatever they need.

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dileepa How to use "having + past participle" correctly

That construction is used mostly to express a situation that existed or and event that occurred before the time indicated by the main clause. It usually occurs at the beginning of a sentence and answers the question "Why?" with regard to the main clause.

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