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Mr-Taciturn Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

Perfect participle ..

1b01u01i00Having been working00 for this company for years is not something to give you any privilege02i02br
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00What dou you think of this sentence ? Is it a grammatical one or not? If not - what is the correct substitution ?02br
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00Thanks in advance..02br
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0Hi,02br 02br 01font 01b 01u 01i 00Having been working00 for this company for years is not something to give you any privilege02i 02br 02br 01font 00If you are just asking whether this is grammatical, I'd say it is. 02font 02br 02br 01font 00If you are asking about its clarity of meaning, or its naturallness, or the word-choice and beauty of its English, that's different. ''02font 02br 02br 01font 00Best wishes, Clive02br 02font 02br 02br 02br 02font 02u 02b 02font 0-

  • 0Hi,02br 02br 01font 01b 01u 01i 00Having been working00 for this company for years is not something to give you any privilege02i 02br 02br 01font 00If you are just asking whether this is grammatical, I'd say it is.
  • 02font 02br 02br 01font 00If you are asking about its clarity of meaning, or its naturallness, or the word-choice and beauty of its English, that's different.
  • ''02font 02br 02br 01font 00Best wishes, Clive02br 02font 02br 02br 02br 02font 02u 02b 02font 0-
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0Hi,02br
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01font01b01u01i00Having been working00 for this company for years is not something to give you any privilege02i02br
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01font00If you are just asking whether this is grammatical, I'd say it is. 02font02br
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0What about ;02br
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01b00''To have been working for this company02b00 .......... '' 02br
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01b00''Working for this company02b00 ......'' 02br
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00Can we use these two instead of '' 01b00having been working02b00'' ?02br
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00Thanks for all yo
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0Hi again,02br
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01b01font01u01i00Having been working00 for this company for years is not something to give you any privilege02i02br
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01font00What about ;02font02br
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01font01b00''To have been workin
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0Thanks Clive, That's what I want to learn . We often need a native comment on such sentences to be able to get the details.02br
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00Thanks again..0-

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