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nimer
07-11-2005, 02:04 PM
sir/mam
i wanna know in EXplanation that what does it mean by using
HAVING WITH PAST PARTICIPLE
EG. YOU HAVING STARTED THIS BUSINESS AFTER YOUR FATHERS DEATH .........WAHT DOES IT MEAN AN.....
AND WHERE THIS CLASUSE CAN PUT IN TO MAKE ANOTHER SENTENCE

Pete
07-12-2005, 05:51 AM
sir/mam
i wanna know in EXplanation that what does it mean by using
HAVING WITH PAST PARTICIPLE
EG. YOU HAVING STARTED THIS BUSINESS AFTER YOUR FATHERS DEATH .........WAHT DOES IT MEAN AN.....
AND WHERE THIS CLASUSE CAN PUT IN TO MAKE ANOTHER SENTENCE
"Having started" is a participial phrase called a "perfect participle". Recall that a participle is a form of a verb that is used to modify a noun like an adjective.

It might be best to compare the perfect participle with the present participle:
The present participle describes someone or something by saying what it is doing now:
- Walking down the street, Pat looked in all the store windows. [Walking tells us what pat was doing at the same time the main part of the sentence takes place.]

- Having walked down the street, Pat was familiar with all the shops in that area. [Having walked tells us something that Pat did prior to the time the main part of the sentence takes place.

In your example, the subject is you. The perfect participle having started tell us something you did before the rest of the sentence (but in this case, you didn't complete the sentence with your primary thought. You might continue it to say:
You having started this business after your father's death went on to become a millionaire who owned many companies. [Most often, you would make it easier to read by putting commas after "you" and after "death".]