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Anonymous Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

tenses

She proceeded to fix the faulty wiring, having checked that the main electricity supply had been switched off.
She proceeded to fix the faulty wiring, having checked the main electricity supply had been switched off.
She proceeded to fix the faulty wiring after he had checked that the electricity supply had been switched off.
She proceeded to fix the faulty wiring after he checked that the electricity supply had been switched off.
Are the above sentences correct?
  

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Anonymous10x
Hi Anon,

If you really want to thank Clive, just say 'Thanks'.
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Hi,

That's OK. I guess 10x means ten times thanks, so that's ten times better!

Best wishes, Clive
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The second of the four sentences is a bit of a 'garden path' sentence. Since check can take an object like the main electricity supply, I would have included the that for stylistic reasons. This blocks the interpretation having checked the main electricity supply, which leaves the reader wondering why another finite verb is added (had been switched off) instea
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CalifJimThe second of the four sentences is a bit of a 'garden path' sentence. Since check can take an object like the main electricity supply, I would have included the that for stylistic reasons. This blocks the interpretation having checked the main electricity supply, which leaves the reader wondering why another finite verb is added (
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