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Cup cake Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

-ing + past participle

Hi Everyone,

I'm not 100% sure what grammatical term should be used for - having seen - in the following sentence:

' Kate was upset from having seen a terrible accident.'

I know it's a participle clause, but is also a passive construction?

Many thanks,
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Cup cakeKate was upset from having seen a terrible accident.'I know it's a participle clause, but is also a passive construction?
No, it's a perfect participle construction: http://www.englishtenses.com/perfect_participle
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Cup cakeGreat!Thanks Mr.M
Whenever you see some form of the verb "have" and a past participle, then a light should go on in your head
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Yes, you are 100% right.

I knew it was related to 'perfect' in some way. The -ing threw me.

Thanks for the great post A.S.
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Gosh...I was just wondering if this example isn't past perfect....

have/has been won (past perfect, passive voice)
I thought 'had won' is past perfect?

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AlpheccaStarshave/has won (past perfect)have/has been won (past perfect, passive voice)etc.
Slight hiccup there. They are present perfect.
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fivejedjonSlight hiccup there. They are present perfect.
HIc... Hic... Hic.. (sic)Emotion: crying
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