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Hans51 Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

Usage of 'having p.p'

I've learned that when tense is before the verb tense in main clauses, we should use having p.p structure. For example,

Having passed the exam, I met her.

I am proud of having passed the exam.

And then I was wondering if we should use having p.p after prepositions like "I am happy with having passed the exam" and "am" is the verb in the main clause?

And I feel like although having p.p is correct, people just use ing forms like "Thank you for having helped me yesterday" or "Thank you for helping me yesterday. I think both are okay and mean the same.

What do you think?

Thank you so much.
  

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Hans51 "I am happy with having passed the exam" Doesn't sound right to me. Say "I am happy to have passed the exam" instead (or "I'm happy that I passed the exam"). Hans51 "Thank you for having helped me yesterday" No, this isn't right.

— GPY

  • Hans51 "I am happy with having passed the exam" Doesn't sound right to me.
  • Say "I am happy to have passed the exam" instead (or "I'm happy that I passed the exam").
  • Hans51 "Thank you for having helped me yesterday" No, this isn't right.
  • Hans51 "Thank you for helping me yesterday.
  • OK.
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Hans51 "I am happy with having passed the exam"
Doesn't sound right to me. Say "I am happy to have passed the exam" instead (or "I'm happy that I passed the exam").
Hans51"Thank you for having helped me yesterday"
No, this isn't right.
Hans51"Thank you for helping me yesterday.
OK.
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Hans51Having passed the exam, I met her.
Syntactically, the main clause sounds odd. Perhaps "Having passed the bar exam, I decide to go to Vegas to celebrate ".
Hans51I am proud of having passed the exam.
This is ok. But in natural conversation, " perticiple perfect clause " is not recomm
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