What does this sentence mean? Having been released from prison,
Can anyone explain to me what this sentence means? The grammar is confusing to me.
Is “have been” related to the person talking to himself, or could it relate to other people?
having been released from prison, many people subsequently reoffend.
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Is “have been” related to the person talking to himself, or could it relate to other people?
having been released from prison, many people subsequently reoffend.
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Having been released from prison is not a sentence. It has no subject, for instance. It is participial phrase, a verb phrase that's reduced from a subordinate clause. Since it is a subordinate clause, you can't tell what it means until you know the rest of the sentence that it appears in.
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Can anyone explain to me what this sentence means? The grammar is confusing to me.
Is “have been” related to the person talking to himself, or could it relate to other people?
having been released from prison, many people subsequently reoffend.
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Can anyone explain to me what this sentence means? The grammar is confusing to me.
Is “have been” related to the person talking to himself, or could it relate to other people?
having been released from prison, many people subsequently reoffend.
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Having been released from prison is not a sentence. It has no subject, for instance. It is participial phrase, a verb phrase that's reduced from a subordinate clause. Since it is a subordinate clause, you can't tell what it means until you know the rest of the sentence that it appears in.
– John Lawler
2 days ago
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Having been released from prison is not a sentence. It has no subject, for instance. It is participial phrase, a verb phrase that's reduced from a subordinate clause. Since it is a subordinate clause, you can't tell what it means until you know the rest of the sentence that it appears in.
– John Lawler
2 days ago
Having been released from prison is not a sentence. It has no subject, for instance. It is participial phrase, a verb phrase that's reduced from a subordinate clause. Since it is a subordinate clause, you can't tell what it means until you know the rest of the sentence that it appears in.
– John Lawler
2 days ago
Having been released from prison is not a sentence. It has no subject, for instance. It is participial phrase, a verb phrase that's reduced from a subordinate clause. Since it is a subordinate clause, you can't tell what it means until you know the rest of the sentence that it appears in.
– John Lawler
2 days ago
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The to be verb, been, refers to the many people, particularly any one of them, who was released from prison. It is past perfect, meaning it refers to their being released as an action in the past. It refers to their release and likelihood of reoffending all as a linked set of possible events in the past.
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The to be verb, been, refers to the many people, particularly any one of them, who was released from prison. It is past perfect, meaning it refers to their being released as an action in the past. It refers to their release and likelihood of reoffending all as a linked set of possible events in the past.
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The to be verb, been, refers to the many people, particularly any one of them, who was released from prison. It is past perfect, meaning it refers to their being released as an action in the past. It refers to their release and likelihood of reoffending all as a linked set of possible events in the past.
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The to be verb, been, refers to the many people, particularly any one of them, who was released from prison. It is past perfect, meaning it refers to their being released as an action in the past. It refers to their release and likelihood of reoffending all as a linked set of possible events in the past.
The to be verb, been, refers to the many people, particularly any one of them, who was released from prison. It is past perfect, meaning it refers to their being released as an action in the past. It refers to their release and likelihood of reoffending all as a linked set of possible events in the past.
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Having been released from prison is not a sentence. It has no subject, for instance. It is participial phrase, a verb phrase that's reduced from a subordinate clause. Since it is a subordinate clause, you can't tell what it means until you know the rest of the sentence that it appears in.
– John Lawler
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