http://www.englishforums.com/English/EslGeneralEnglishGrammar-Questions/Forum12.htmAsk your questions on grammar and get your sentence checked. We answer lots of different types of general English grammar questions here. <font color=red>DO NOT post paragraphs and compositions here. Post them in our <a href="http://www.englishforums.com/English/EssayReportCompositionWriting/Forum9.htm"><b>Essay, Report and Composition Writing Forum</b></a>.</font>enXMOD (Build: 3607.32596)http://www.englishforums.com/English/2QuestionsDifficult/2/gkgqb/Post.htm#552325Sun, 22 Feb 2009 10:30:00 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:552325wholegrain0http://www.englishforums.com/English/2QuestionsDifficult/2/gkgqb/Post.htm#552325http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-552325.xmlCan we say what I said in informal speech? I think I heard &quot;He has the market&quot; instead of &quot;He has the control over the market&quot; in many occasions. Wouldn&#39;t &quot;He has the market&quot; be a metaphor???http://www.englishforums.com/English/2QuestionsDifficult/2/gkgqb/Post.htm#552323Thu, 22 Jan 2009 10:30:00 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:552323wholegrain1http://www.englishforums.com/English/2QuestionsDifficult/2/gkgqb/Post.htm#552323http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-552323.xmlhaving many foreign investment markets When I wrote that, I wanted to say &quot;controls many markets&quot;.http://www.englishforums.com/English/2QuestionsDifficult/2/gkgqb/Post.htm#552319Thu, 22 Jan 2009 10:30:00 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:552319wholegrain2http://www.englishforums.com/English/2QuestionsDifficult/2/gkgqb/Post.htm#552319http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-552319.xmlYeah, well I guess you can&#39;t have potential markets because you have invested in them. lol... Thanks.http://www.englishforums.com/English/2QuestionsDifficult/2/gkgqb/Post.htm#552318Sun, 22 Feb 2009 10:30:00 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:552318Mr Wordy3http://www.englishforums.com/English/2QuestionsDifficult/2/gkgqb/Post.htm#552318http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-552318.xmlHonestly, I don&#39;t know what it even means, but I heard it here: China has also made initial progress in making investments abroad. China has more than 160 foreign investment markets, and 5,793 investment enterprises outside Chinese territory. China ’s total agreed investments have come to 6.5 billion US dollars-worth. These overseas investment enterprises are engaged in a wide range of businesses, including foreign trade, real estate investment, information consultancy, finance, insurance, catering, tourism, contracting for labor services, culture, education, public health and technology development. Yes, what I said was not strictly true. &quot;have many foreign investment markets&quot; is possible in the sense of having many...http://www.englishforums.com/English/2QuestionsDifficult/2/gkgqb/Post.htm#552311Thu, 22 Jan 2009 10:30:00 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:552311wholegrain4http://www.englishforums.com/English/2QuestionsDifficult/2/gkgqb/Post.htm#552311http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-552311.xmlHonestly, I don&#39;t know what it even means, but I heard it here: China has also made initial progress in making investments abroad. China has more than 160 foreign investment markets, and 5,793 investment enterprises outside Chinese territory. China ’s total agreed investments have come to 6.5 billion US dollars-worth. These overseas investment enterprises are engaged in a wide range of businesses, including foreign trade, real estate investment, information consultancy, finance, insurance, catering, tourism, contracting for labor services, culture, education, public health and technology development. http://www.asia-planet.net/china/opening-outside-world.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/2QuestionsDifficult/gkgqb/post.htm#552307Sun, 22 Feb 2009 10:30:00 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:552307Mr Wordy5http://www.englishforums.com/English/2QuestionsDifficult/gkgqb/post.htm#552307http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-552307.xmlHe is very rich, having many foreign investment markets You can have many foreign investments, and you can invest in many foreign markets, but you cannot &quot;have many foreign investment markets&quot;.http://www.englishforums.com/English/2QuestionsDifficult/gkgqb/post.htm#552306Thu, 22 Jan 2009 10:30:00 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:552306Mr Wordy6http://www.englishforums.com/English/2QuestionsDifficult/gkgqb/post.htm#552306http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-552306.xmlBut can you say: He is very rich, having many investments abroad, having many contacts abroad. You can say it, but normally you wouldn&#39;t. You would only say this if you were deliberately seeking a distinctive stylistic effect. The sense of linked cause-and-effect does not successfully carry through the sentence in the way that I think you are imagining. unlike what you can do with (because/since he has)? &quot;He is very rich since/because he has many investments abroad since/because he has many contacts abroad.&quot; This is the same deal: normally you wouldn&#39;t say it, but you might, rarely, for special effect.http://www.englishforums.com/English/2QuestionsDifficult/gkgqb/post.htm#552293Thu, 22 Jan 2009 10:30:01 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:552293wholegrain7http://www.englishforums.com/English/2QuestionsDifficult/gkgqb/post.htm#552293http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-552293.xmlHe is very rich, having many investments abroad. No ellipsis. &quot;many investments abroad&quot; substantiates and elaborates the statement that he is very rich. The cause-and-effect principle is somewhat blurry. It tends to suggest that he is rich because of the investments, but he might have the investments because he is rich, or the two might simply go hand-in-hand. He is very rich, having many foreign investment s markets , and (having) more than 50 enterprises abroad. The repetition of &quot;having&quot; is cumbersome and not necessary. No, I meant: He is very rich, having many foreign investment s markets , and (having) more than 50 enterprises abroad. as in: He is very rich, having many foreign investment markets , and...http://www.englishforums.com/English/2QuestionsDifficult/gkgqb/post.htm#552291Sun, 22 Mar 2009 10:30:01 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:552291wholegrain8http://www.englishforums.com/English/2QuestionsDifficult/gkgqb/post.htm#552291http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-552291.xmlBut can you say: He is very rich, having many investments abroad, having many contacts abroad. unlike what you can do with (because/since he has)?http://www.englishforums.com/English/2QuestionsDifficult/gkgqb/post.htm#552289Fri, 22 May 2009 09:30:01 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:552289Mr Wordy9http://www.englishforums.com/English/2QuestionsDifficult/gkgqb/post.htm#552289http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-552289.xmlHe is very rich, having many investments abroad. No ellipsis. &quot;many investments abroad&quot; substantiates and elaborates the statement that he is very rich. The cause-and-effect principle is somewhat blurry. It tends to suggest that he is rich because of the investments, but he might have the investments because he is rich, or the two might simply go hand-in-hand. He is very rich, having many foreign investment s markets , and (having) more than 50 enterprises abroad. The repetition of &quot;having&quot; is cumbersome and not necessary.http://www.englishforums.com/English/2QuestionsDifficult/gkgqb/post.htm#552280Thu, 22 Jan 2009 10:30:01 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:552280Diamondrg10http://www.englishforums.com/English/2QuestionsDifficult/gkgqb/post.htm#552280http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-552280.xmlHe is very rich, having many investments abroad. He is very rich because / since he has many investments abroad.http://www.englishforums.com/English/2QuestionsDifficult/gkgqb/post.htm#552276Wed, 22 Apr 2009 09:30:01 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:552276wholegrain11http://www.englishforums.com/English/2QuestionsDifficult/gkgqb/post.htm#552276http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-552276.xmlHAVING = TO &quot;BECAUSE IT HAS&quot;?http://www.englishforums.com/English/2QuestionsDifficult/gkgqb/post.htm#552271Thu, 22 Jan 2009 10:30:01 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:552271wholegrain12http://www.englishforums.com/English/2QuestionsDifficult/gkgqb/post.htm#552271http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-552271.xmlI am asking these questions because it is as if having (something) is a construction that only serves as an explanation to something.http://www.englishforums.com/English/2QuestionsDifficult/gkgqb/post.htmSun, 22 Mar 2009 10:30:01 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:552263wholegrain13http://www.englishforums.com/English/2QuestionsDifficult/gkgqb/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-552263.xmlHe is very rich, (what is/are the word(s) elided here if any?) having many investments abroad. Is there an ellipsis here? He is very rich, having many foreign investment markets, having more than 50 enterprises abroad. Is the above construction correct?