Anonymous  +  355555 Wed, 25 Apr 07 04:23 PM How is this type of phrases (having + past participle) called in English? In which cases one should use them? Anonymous

	Cool Breeze  +  355969 Thu, 26 Apr 07 10:08 AM It's called the perfect participle by many grammarians. However, there is variation in terminology. It is perhaps most frequently used in clause equivalents: Having written the letter, he went to bed. (= After he had written the letter, he went to bed.) All the answers having been written, we decided to take a walk. (= After all the answers had been written, we decided... This structure often sounds quite formal. CB Cool Breeze Joined on Fri, Apr 7 2006 Senior Member 3,970 "I hope you'll all live to be 150 years old - and the last voice you hear is mine!" Frank Sinatra on stage in Oslo, Norway, 28 September 1991 Clauses

	keepsmiling  +  793404 Wed, 24 Jun 09 01:42 PM Thank you very much for letting us gaining such valuable information as i have never seen second type of sentence that you have written. Once again Thank you very much. But i really don't know regarding using stated second type of sentence  or has it ever used in communication? Cool Breeze keepsmiling Joined on Fri, Dec 5 2008 Delhi Junior Member 59 Sentences