[Grammar] Participle clauses

[Nathan Mckane]

Hello dear teachers!

Would you please tell me which one is correct?

1. Having my car stolen taught me a lesson not to leave the car doors unlocked..

2. Having my car stolen, I learnt a lesson not to leave the car doors unlocked..

3. My car, having been stolen, it taught me a lesson not to leave the car doors unlocked..

4. having been stolen my car, I learnt a lesson not to leave the car doors unlocked.

Personally I go for the second one, but I'm not sure if the first and the third one are really incorrect.

Thanks very much indeed in advance.

 

[TheParser]

Hello dear teachers!

Would you please tell me which one is correct?

1. Having my car stolen taught me a lesson not to leave the car doors unlocked..

2. Having my car stolen, I learnt a lesson not to leave the car doors unlocked..

3. My car, having been stolen, it taught me a lesson not to leave the car doors unlocked..

4. having been stolen my car, I learnt a lesson not to leave the car doors unlocked.










Personally I go for the second one, but I'm not sure if the first and the third one are really incorrect.

Thanks very much indeed in advance.

********** NOT A TEACHER **********

I believe that Numbers 1 and 2 are grammatically correct, but

I would not use either: they seem to suggest that you arranged for

someone to steal your car.

I believe that Nos. 3 and 4 are grammatically incorrect.

I believe that the "best" answer might be No. 3 rewritten as:

My car having been stolen, I learned a lesson the hard way to

always lock the car doors.

********** NOT A TEACHER ***********

 

[lauralie2]

1. Having my car stolen taught me a lesson not to leave the car doors unlocked. :?:

• I agree with The Parser: it has a causative reading.
  • Having someone steal my car for me has taught me not to leave the car doors unlocked :?:

2. Having [had] my car stolen, I [have] learnt a lesson not to leave the car doors unlocked. :tick:

• The subjects agree:
  • I, having had my car stolen, have learned...
• Note, BrE "learnt"; AmE "learned"

3. My car, having been stolen, it taught me a lesson not to leave the car doors unlocked. :cross:

• You have two subjects, "My car" and "it"

4. Having been stolen my car, I learnt a lesson not to leave the car doors unlocked. :cross:

• the word order is wrong

 

[Nathan Mckane]

Thanks for your amazing answers
Btw, I found this sentence in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary:

I had my wallet stolen.

It sounds really strange that somebody arranges for somebody else to steal his own wallet!

 

[lauralie2]

Thanks for your amazing answers
Btw, I found this sentence in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary:

I had my wallet stolen.

It sounds really strange that somebody arranges for somebody else to steal his own wallet!

Well, nevertheless, both readings work, right?