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Nkspb Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

Perfect Participle usage when referring to the future

Hello everybody. Is it grammatically correct to use Perfect Participle to refer to an action before another action in the future or imaginary situations?

"Having done the work, I will go home."

"Having received a letter from him, I am always happy."

In my grammar books I could only find the usage similar to Past Perfect and wonder if it also works as I've described above.

Thanks.
  

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" That's OK. " Having received refers to a single event. " OK

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nkspb"Having done the work, I will go home."
That's OK.
nkspb"Having received a letter from him, I am always happy."
No, because of "always."
Having received refers to a single event.
"Having received a letter from him, I am happy." OK
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Thanks, AplheccaStars. What's wrong with "always", by the way? Emotion: smile I wanted to say that the fact of receiving a letter makes me happy e
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nkspbI wanted to say that the fact of receiving a letter makes me happy each time.
Then say this:
I am always happy when I receive a letter. (generally)
I was always happy when I received a letter. (multiple times in the past)

Having received - this refers to one single event that occurs immediately before the action in the main sent
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nkspbIs it grammatically correct to use Perfect Participle to refer to an action before another action in the future or imaginary situations?
Yes.

Having done the work, I will go home. (real future)

Having done the work, I would go home. (imagined future)

Basically, the perfect participle simply shows temporal anteriori
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