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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
Questions involving present participles
Hi. Would you comment on what I said below?
Having finished his work, he headed for the subway station.
Now, I think to make the underlined part in the previous sentence like this (see the underlined part below) wouldn't not be necessary. Would you call it incorrect to do so?
Having had finished his work, he headed for the subway station.
Off to a slightly different variation,
Having been told to be quiet, he didn't oblige.
I think the above sentence is a correct sentence. I also think the part underlined is a passive verb.
Having been tired for the past two hours, John went out the room quietly.
Here, I think the word "tired is an adjective and is not part of a verb. I think the underlined part in this sentence, "Having been tired" and the underlined part in the previous sentence, "Having been told", might look similar in structure but I think the parts in past participle, "told" and "tired", have different functions - one is part of a verb but the other is an adjective respectively. What do you think?
Having finished his work, he headed for the subway station.
Now, I think to make the underlined part in the previous sentence like this (see the underlined part below) wouldn't not be necessary. Would you call it incorrect to do so?
Having had finished his work, he headed for the subway station.
Off to a slightly different variation,
Having been told to be quiet, he didn't oblige.
I think the above sentence is a correct sentence. I also think the part underlined is a passive verb.
Having been tired for the past two hours, John went out the room quietly.
Here, I think the word "tired is an adjective and is not part of a verb. I think the underlined part in this sentence, "Having been tired" and the underlined part in the previous sentence, "Having been told", might look similar in structure but I think the parts in past participle, "told" and "tired", have different functions - one is part of a verb but the other is an adjective respectively. What do you think?
Top answer
-- This structure is not possible Having been told to be quiet, he didn't oblige. I think the above sentence is a correct sentence. -- Yes Having been tired for the past two hours, John went out the room quietly.
- -- This structure is not possible Having been told to be quiet, he didn't oblige.
- I think the above sentence is a correct sentence.
- -- Yes Having been tired for the past two hours, John went out the room quietly.
- Here, I think the word "tired is an adjective and is not part of a verb.
- -- I agree.
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Having had finished his work, he headed for the subway station.-- This structure is not possible
Having been told to be quiet, he didn't oblige.
I think the above sentence is a correct sentence. I also think the part underlined is a passive verb.-- Yes
Having been tired for the past two hours, John went out the room quietly. Here, I th
Having been told to be quiet, he didn't oblige.
I think the above sentence is a correct sentence. I also think the part underlined is a passive verb.-- Yes
Having been tired for the past two hours, John went out the room quietly. Here, I th
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Hi. I think, although I could be wrong, one thing we can employ to test whether the kinds of a word like "tired" is an adjective or not is to put words like adverbs that can modify adjectives like "almost" or "very" (I think they are adverbs - not sure, though). I think it is a good test but don't think it will yield a perfect result every time.
How about these? Are they correct? Thank yo
How about these? Are they correct? Thank yo
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AnonymousHaving finished his work, he headed for the subway station.Both are considered correct. There's no difference in meaning.
After having finished his work, he headed for the subway station.
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Hi. Thank you. In the following Bible verses, Ephesians 1:11-12 of the New International Version, it is written:
Ephesians 1:11-12 (New International Version)
11In him we were also chosen, having been predestined according to the plan of him who works out everything in conformity with the purpose of his will, 12in order that we, who were the first to hope in Chri00
AnonymousMy question: Do you think the word "predestined" in Ephesians 1:11 is an adjective? I think it is.Maybe it is. Maybe it isn't. In my opinion English isn't always the most exact of languages as far as verb forms are concerned. Anyone who is interested in my views can read them and
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