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Hiroshi Posted 15 years ago
Essay & Composition Writing

'remembering' and 'having remembered'

Hello,

Could anyone tell me which phrase below is the grammatically correct way to use.

1. Remembering my mother's birthday was nice of you;she was thrilled with the present.

2. Having remembered my mother's birthday was nice of you;she was thrilled with the present.

I feel #1 is a normal phrase, and #2 is not wrong but is a little excessive.

Is #2 gramattically wrong, or right but natives usually don't use?

Best regards,

Hiroshi
  

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1 is correct, but use a comma rather than the semi-colon. An example of having remembered: Having remembered her birthday, I thought I'd better buy her a card.

  • 1 is correct, but use a comma rather than the semi-colon.
  • An example of having remembered: Having remembered her birthday, I thought I'd better buy her a card.
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1 is correct, but use a comma rather than the semi-colon.

An example of having remembered: Having remembered her birthday, I thought I'd better buy her a card.

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