How to use "Having" in English. I have come across below statement. The customer having left, the criminal takes out a pin from his purse and scrapes off hardened glue from the edges of the keys....
Have is a word in English that has many different meanings. One of those and probably the most common is "to possess". Another meaning is "to experience" or "to undergo" in the sense of some situation or effect materializing around you - whether it starts outside of you (I'm having trouble, a problem, a situation) or inside of you (I'm having pain in my arm, a fever, a panic attack). these are ...
having adenoids taken out, The nuance of to have and having is interesting. In addition to the matter of present and continuous, this also speaks about the possession and the action. Being happy is to have dreams in life - to have here talks a bit more about the possession. Being happy is having dreams in life - having here talks a bit more about the action. Though both will convey the message to me that if one wants to ...
having adenoids taken out, No; apologies for any misleading advice about 'ELL' you may have picked up. ELL is for more basic questions on the English language, with no discrimination against who is asking. Non-native speakers are just a typical group who might have questions at this level, but native speakers are equally welcome. // The word 'being' in particular, and the string 'having been', occur in various different ...
