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24 Apr 2019, 14:20
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Please clarify :
1. Having receiving his promotion letter, Mr. Abhi called his wife
Or
Having received his promotion letter, Mr. Abhi called his wife.
Which of these sentences is wrong and why?
When can we use having receiving?
2. After he received his letter, he decided to call his wife.
Or
After receiving his letter, he decided to call his wife.
Which of these sentences is wrong and why?
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1. Having receiving his promotion letter, Mr. Abhi called his wife
Or
Having received his promotion letter, Mr. Abhi called his wife.
Which of these sentences is wrong and why?
When can we use having receiving?
2. After he received his letter, he decided to call his wife.
Or
After receiving his letter, he decided to call his wife.
Which of these sentences is wrong and why?
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24 Apr 2019, 17:48
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ash2792 , from your first set
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This sentence is incorrect: Having receiving his promotion letter, Mr. Abhi called his wife
It is incorrect because (1) there is no such thing as having + present participle (verbING); and
(2) we use having + past participle (verbED) to talk about completed action.
HAVING + PAST PARTICIPLE is called a "perfect participle."
I mention the jargon because we can remember that the action has been "perfected" = completed.
Having received is a typical "perfect participle phrase" — it refers to the relevant near past.
The second sentence correctly uses HAVING + PAST PARTICIPLE:
1) to modify the subject of the subsequent clause ("having ___ed" phrases usually are adjectives);
2) to introduce a logical chain that makes sense.
Having received = he just received a promotion. Because he wants to share the news, he calls his wife.
3) to establish the time sequence: having received = he has already gotten the promotion. THEN, time-wise,
he calls his wife.
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Never. There is no such thing as having + receiving.
The phrase hurts my ears.
No verb is constructed with HAVING + PRESENT participle (verbING)
wrong: Having spending too much money, they were in debt.
correct: Having spent too much money, they were in debt.
wrong: Having watching the documentary, I was determined to learn more about XYZ.
correct: Having watched the documentary, I was determined to learn more about XYZ.
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The first sentence is correct because the word "after" is a subordinating conjunction.
Subordinating conjunctions must be followed by a full clause with a subject and a verb.
The second sentence is commonly used in spoken English but is incorrect on the GMAT.
If a word is a subordinating conjunction [or a conjunction of any kind], it should be followed by what
GMAT official explanation writers call a "finite clause" with a subject and a verb.
See, for example, OG 2019 SC #723 , which you can find here.
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Correct answer
(D) Although it covers the entire planet, Earth's crust is neither seamless nor stationary, but rather fragmented into mobile semirigid plates.
Official explanation: Despite [which starts off options A, B, and C] and although are very close in meaning. However, despite is a preposition and needs to be followed by a noun or noun phrase, while although is a conjunction and should be followed by a finite clause.
Incorrect answer
(E) Although covering the entire planet, Earth has a crust that is not seamless or stationary but fragmented into semirigid plates.
Although is a conjunction and should be followed with a finite clause, not by a participle. . . .
(D) Although it covers the entire planet, Earth's crust is neither seamless nor stationary, but rather fragmented into mobile semirigid plates.
Official explanation: Despite [which starts off options A, B, and C] and although are very close in meaning. However, despite is a preposition and needs to be followed by a noun or noun phrase, while although is a conjunction and should be followed by a finite clause.
Incorrect answer
(E) Although covering the entire planet, Earth has a crust that is not seamless or stationary but fragmented into semirigid plates.
Although is a conjunction and should be followed with a finite clause, not by a participle. . . .
Takeaways:
(1) having + past participle is correct (having + present participle is NOT correct);
(2) subordinating conjunction + full clause is correct (subordinating conjunction + participle phrase is NOT correct)
Hope that helps.
24 Apr 2019, 21:03
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