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Quỳnh Huỳnh Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

Present participle and perfect participle

Hi guys, can you please help me understand the usage of present participle and perfect participle? Sometimes I'm really confused about it. For example:
- Leaving school, he's worked in a bank.
- Having finished the work, she went home.
Thank you very much!
  

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nh - Leaving school, he's worked in a bank. Incorrect. The present participle in this context designates an action that occurs simultaneously with the main sentence verb.

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  • nh - Leaving school, he's worked in a bank.
  • Incorrect.
  • The present participle in this context designates an action that occurs simultaneously with the main sentence verb.
  • After he left school, he worked in a bank.
  • After leaving school, he worked in a bank.
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Qu?nh Hu?nh- Leaving school, he's worked in a bank.
Incorrect. The present participle in this context designates an action that occurs simultaneously with the main sentence verb.

After he left school, he worked in a bank.
After leaving school, he worked in a bank. (gerund, object of preposition "after")

Compare:
Leaving the room, h
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Thank you. So how about the sentence "born in hollywood, she knows all the superstars" or "having been born in hollywood, she knows all the superstars"?
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Having been born in Hollywood, she knows all the superstars.
Born in Hollywood, she knows all the superstars.

Both sentences are acceptable.
The first sentence makes a slightly stronger implication that the reason she knows these people is because she was born in the place where they live.

If you want the connection to be explicit, then use be
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