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Surfer Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

Proofreading

Hello everyone.

Is the following statement correct:

Having had smoking banned in hospitals, a country's parliament is further considering extending prohibition to include all public areas.

Thank you.
  

Top answer

Thank you. 'A country's parliament' sounds odd. If you have not mentioned the name of the country before, you could mention it here.

— Fivejedjon

  • Thank you.
  • 'A country's parliament' sounds odd.
  • If you have not mentioned the name of the country before, you could mention it here.
  • If you have mentioned it before, then you need 'the country's parliament'.
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SurferHaving had smoking banned in hospitals, a country's parliament is further considering extending prohibition to include all public areas.Thank you.
'A country's parliament' sounds odd. If you have not mentioned the name of the country before, you could mention it here. If you have mentioned it before, then you need 'the country's parliament'.
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Thank you fivejedjon.

If I wanted to change that statement into the passive, would the following be correct?

Smoking having been had banned in hospitals, extending prohibition to include all public areas is being further considered.
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Hi surfer,
Your sentence looks complicated and is incorrect, I think.
First of all, to make such a reduction requires using the same subjects, in other words , the subject of your two sentences should be "smoking." Otherwise, your sentences will be wrong.
Having been banned\ After having been banned in hospitals, the smoking is being further considered to be prohibited in all public a
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daylightinyouAfter having been banned in hospitals, the smoking is being further considered to be prohibited in all public areas\places.
That doesn't work. This one does, I think:

Smoking having been banned in hospitals, a prohibition in all public areas is being considered.

I don't like that sentence, but it seems to me to be grammat
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If you say so, I trust on you, fivejedjon:)
To be frank, I made my sentences according to the knowledge I have. Are my sentences unacceptable grammatically or don't they give the meaning of the original sentences? Thank you. (but the choice of the present continuous tense doesnt comply with "after," which I have realized)
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daylightinyouAre my sentences unacceptable grammatically or don't they give the meaning of the original sentences?
"After having been banned in hospitals, the smoking is being further considered to be prohibited in all public areas\places."

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You are so right, fivejedjon. Trying to stick to the tense of the original sentence led to that mistake. It is not possible to use the present continuous tense. I realized my mistake later on.
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daylightinyouTrying to stick to the tense of the original sentence led to that mistake
Don't worry about it. I don't think that many native speakers would produce two passives there. I didn't find it easy to produce a natural-sounding sentence.
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Thank you again:) You are very kind to spare your time for replying my question.
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