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Anonymous Posted 6 years ago
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Seeing or having seen?

Hello friends!

Seeing/having seen the waterfall I can say that it's extraordinary.

Seeing could mean both that I am seeing it now or saw it earlier?

Having seen means that I saw it earlier?


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anonymous Seeing could mean both that I am seeing it now or saw it earlier? No, you see it right now. anonymous Having seen means that I saw it earlier?

— Cool Breeze

  • anonymous Seeing could mean both that I am seeing it now or saw it earlier?
  • No, you see it right now.
  • anonymous Having seen means that I saw it earlier?
  • Right.
  • Put a comma after waterfall.
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anonymousSeeing could mean both that I am seeing it now or saw it earlier?

No, you see it right now.

anonymousHaving seen means that I saw it earlier?

Right. Put a comma after waterfall.

CB

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anonymousSeeing could mean both that I am seeing it now or saw it earlier?

As written, you're seeing it now.
You saw it earlier if you change the tense to past in the main clause, thus:

Seeing the waterfall, I could say that it was extraordinary.

Participle clauses have no tense. They inherit their tense from the main clause.

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