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Grammar - What tense is this? 29 Jun 2007, 14:26
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Having finished her homework, Jill turned on the television.

Is this looked favorably upon in the GMAT? Having does not seem to be a gerund....



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Grammar - What tense is this? 29 Jun 2007, 18:59
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It's just a modifier and its perfectly acceptable.
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Grammar - What tense is this? 29 Jun 2007, 19:47
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this is simple past.
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Grammar - What tense is this? 30 Jun 2007, 18:25
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Having finished her homework, Jill turned on the television.

Is this looked favorably upon in the GMAT? Having does not seem to be a gerund....

this is simple past.
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simple past is finished.

what is the difference between having finished and finished?
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Grammar - What tense is this? 30 Jun 2007, 18:27
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It's just a modifier and its perfectly acceptable.
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Having is an auxiliary verb. same question as above, how does having finished differ from finished?
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I think it is present tense..
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having + past participle is used to express actions that are finished and to show that one thing comes after another. Furthermore, there is usually a "because relationship between the two.

Correct: Having eaten already, I turned down Megumi's invitation to dinner.

Wrong: Having been sick and having felt tired, Alan did not want to go to work.
this next sentence is NOT okay, because the two things should be happening at the same time

Wrong: Having set, the Sun rose some hours later.
And this sentence is incorrect because there's no "because relationship" between the two parts of the sentence:
The Sun will set and rise no matter what; setting doesn't cause rising, so we shouldn't use the "having + past participle" construction here.



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