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Yamaha Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

[tense] Having regretted correct?

somebody told me she had bought something but had regretted.

when the tense is present, i can say

"Having regretted her decision, she (have) cancelled the order"

However, since the correct test should be past participle, is it ok to say
"Having regretted her decision, she had cancelled the order"

Thank you very much!!!!
  

Top answer

" Yamaha However, since the correct test should be past participle, is it ok to say "Having regretted her decision, she had cancelled the order"The phrase "having regretted her decision" is non-finite. It has no tense. You are free to use any tense you like for the main clause.

— Avangi

  • " Yamaha However, since the correct test should be past participle, is it ok to say "Having regretted her decision, she had cancelled the order"The phrase "having regretted her decision" is non-finite.
  • It has no tense.
  • You are free to use any tense you like for the main clause.
  • The standard "rule," of course, is that in order to use the past perfect tense , there must be another past tense reference.
  • To my ear, "having regretted" serves that purpose in spite of being non-finite.
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Yamaha"Having regretted her decision, she (have) cancelled the order"
The participial phrase (introductory) is fine, but the subject of the main clause ("she") is singular,

and takes a singular verb: "She has cancelled the order." (present perfect tense)

"To regret" requires an object, by the way: "She has/had regretted it
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Yamaha"Having regretted her decision, she (has) cancelled the order"
Both ways are fine (as corrected).
Yamahais it ok to say
"Having regretted her decision, she had cancelled the order"
Yes. This is also OK.

CJ
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thank you both very much.

this is very useful.
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