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Amir Oghlow Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

Reduced adjective clauses

"Girls having been to Canada are here."
"Here, you'll see girls having been to Canada."
Are they correct?
  

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A native speaker would not say these sentences.
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Ok,
Are they grammatically correct?
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There is not much point in thinking about whether a construction is 'grammatically correct' if no native speaker would ever say it.
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Amir OghlowAre they grammatically correct?
No. Having been cannot be used as a relative clause equivalent: The girls who/that have been to Canada are here.
It's possible as a causal clause equivalent: Having been there before, I can give you some information. (= Because I have been..)

CB
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What about these sentences?
1) The girl going to go there tomorrow is here.
Instead of saying "who is going to..."
2) The girl having been to Canada before she graduated is here."
Instead of saying "who had been to Canada..."

And thank you so much
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Amir Oghlow1) The girl going to go there tomorrow is here.
Marginal.
Amir OghlowThe girl having been to Canada before she graduated is here.
No,
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The girl travelling to Canada tomorrow is here.
The boy finishing his study tomorrow is happy.
Instead of saying who is travelling or who is finishing.
Are they correct?
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