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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

The use of present participle clause with the future tense in the main clause.

Hello everyone,
Based on the fact that the present perfect clause always refer to something that has happened in the past relative to the main clause in the sentence, is it possible to use it in the following sentence:
"Having had my lunch, I will come back."
Is such use of the perfect perfect clause permissible when the main clause is in the future tense?
Can I say in my given example, "Having had my lunch" is equivalent to saying "After having my lunch/After having had my lunch".
Thank you!
  

Top answer

" That version is very odd. These are OK: After having my lunch, I will come back. After eating my lunch, I will come back.

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  • " That version is very odd.
  • These are OK: After having my lunch, I will come back.
  • After eating my lunch, I will come back.
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Anonymous"Having had my lunch, I will come back."
That version is very odd.

These are OK:
After having my lunch, I will come back.
After eating my lunch, I will come back.
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Thank you for your answer. So, it is correct but odd.
I'd like to know the difference between the following:
1. After having my lunch, I will come back.
2. After having had my lunch, I will come back.
3. Having had my lunch, I will come back.
Thank you.
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Anonymous1. After having my lunch, I will come back.
That one is commonly used by native speakers. The others are not very natural..

Even so, most would say: "I will come back after lunch."
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