Use "having" followed by a past participle to form a phrase, a gerund phrase, in order to talk about some past action. This video is intended for advanced learners of English.
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@@paulandoh1184 I don't think this is correct. A gerund phrase does not function as a predicate. "I regret not having a English teacher like you before" is correct. "Having" here is functioning like a verbal noun, not a present participle, and thus does function as a predicate which is what is required in this case: I regret + SOMETHING (direct object).
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@Raighi Pinheiro The instructor here is not correct. "I regret not finding your channel earlier" is correct. "I regret not having found your channel before" is ungrammatical. I can explain if you wish.
@Andrayoma "Having found your channel" is a gerund phrase. You can also think of it as the "present perfect participle". For example the present participle of "to take" is "taking; the past participle of "to take" is "taken"; the simple past tense of "to take" is took. The "perfect participle" or gerund is "having taken". When one says "I regret...", the sentence goes like I + regret + something (direct object in the predicate). A predicate is the verb and its complement (which includes the notion of a direct object). The object cannot be a participle. When we say regret + (not) finding, this is correct because 'finding' is a verbal noun. A verbal noun can function as an object. Do not understand 'finding' here to be the present participle. I can give you another example. "I enjoy singing". I + enjoy + something. What? -> singing. 'Singing' here is not the present participle of "to sing", it is a verbal noun: (the act of) singing. The instructor in the video has illustrated many examples of the gerund, which are correct. The one example I believe is not correct is the "I regret having said that". It should be "I regret saying that", or if you want to be wordy, "I regret my saying that". "my saying that" turns into an object so to speak (my something). Is this clear? I can explain again if you wish. Again, the idea is that a verbal participle cannot be a object in a sentence. This is true for other languages like French and German.
@@rooster.. "Having found your channel" is a gerund phrase. You can also think of it as the "present perfect participle". For example the present participle of "to take" is "taking; the past participle of "to take" is "taken"; the simple past tense of "to take" is took. The "perfect participle" or gerund is "having taken". When one says "I regret...", the sentence goes like I + regret + something (direct object or a predicate). A predicate is the complement of a verb (which includes the notion of a direct object). The predicate can not be a participle. The predicate has to be an object. When we say regret + (not) finding, this is correct because 'finding' is a verbal noun. A verbal noun can function as a predicate. Do not understand 'finding' here to be the present participle. I can give you another example. "I enjoy singing". I + enjoy + something. What? -> singing. 'Singing' here is not the present participle of "to sing", it is a verbal noun: (the act of) singing. The instructor in the video has illustrated many examples of the gerund, which are correct. The one example I believe is not correct is the "I regret having said that". It should be "I regret saying that", or if you want to be wordy, "I regret my saying that". "my saying that" turns into an object so to speak (my something). Is this clear? I can explain again if you wish. Again, the idea is that a verbal participle cannot be a predicate in a sentence. This is true for other languages like French and German.
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Lakshmi K, rather say: I regret not having HAD an English teacher like you before. Never forget to add the Past Participle after HAVING, dude.
Lakshmi K, rather say: I regret not having HAD a teacher like you before. Never forget to add the Past Participle after HAVING, dude.
@@paulandoh1184 I don't think this is correct. A gerund phrase does not function as a predicate. "I regret not having a English teacher like you before" is correct. "Having" here is functioning like a verbal noun, not a present participle, and thus does function as a predicate which is what is required in this case: I regret + SOMETHING (direct object).
Thanks for sharing. I admitted to having learned ‘past participle ‘ is difficult. It is Advanced and last part of the English’s grammar. So if someone had lots of problems about elementary and intermediate grammars, Past participle would be very confusing.
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The instructor here is not correct. "I regret not finding your channel earlier" is correct. "I regret not having found your channel before" is ungrammatical. I can explain if you wish.
@@prabhuthomas8770 could you explain for me??
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"Having found your channel" is a gerund phrase. You can also think of it as the "present perfect participle". For example the present participle of "to take" is "taking; the past participle of "to take" is "taken"; the simple past tense of "to take" is took. The "perfect participle" or gerund is "having taken". When one says "I regret...", the sentence goes like I + regret + something (direct object in the predicate). A predicate is the verb and its complement (which includes the notion of a direct object). The object cannot be a participle. When we say regret + (not) finding, this is correct because 'finding' is a verbal noun. A verbal noun can function as an object. Do not understand 'finding' here to be the present participle. I can give you another example. "I enjoy singing". I + enjoy + something. What? -> singing. 'Singing' here is not the present participle of "to sing", it is a verbal noun: (the act of) singing. The instructor in the video has illustrated many examples of the gerund, which are correct. The one example I believe is not correct is the "I regret having said that". It should be "I regret saying that", or if you want to be wordy, "I regret my saying that". "my saying that" turns into an object so to speak (my something). Is this clear? I can explain again if you wish. Again, the idea is that a verbal participle cannot be a object in a sentence. This is true for other languages like French and German.
@@rooster.. "Having found your channel" is a gerund phrase. You can also think of it as the "present perfect participle". For example the present participle of "to take" is "taking; the past participle of "to take" is "taken"; the simple past tense of "to take" is took. The "perfect participle" or gerund is "having taken". When one says "I regret...", the sentence goes like I + regret + something (direct object or a predicate). A predicate is the complement of a verb (which includes the notion of a direct object). The predicate can not be a participle. The predicate has to be an object. When we say regret + (not) finding, this is correct because 'finding' is a verbal noun. A verbal noun can function as a predicate. Do not understand 'finding' here to be the present participle. I can give you another example. "I enjoy singing". I + enjoy + something. What? -> singing. 'Singing' here is not the present participle of "to sing", it is a verbal noun: (the act of) singing. The instructor in the video has illustrated many examples of the gerund, which are correct. The one example I believe is not correct is the "I regret having said that". It should be "I regret saying that", or if you want to be wordy, "I regret my saying that". "my saying that" turns into an object so to speak (my something). Is this clear? I can explain again if you wish. Again, the idea is that a verbal participle cannot be a predicate in a sentence. This is true for other languages like French and German.
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What is the difference between 1 and 2?? Is option 2 a better alternative??
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