A grammar structure

[sondra]

Hello,

What grammar structure is this? Having finished his reading he went out for a stroll.
She reproach me with having sent her to the Home.
The old fellow fidgeted a bit. Then, “Well, I know I didn’t ought to have done it,”

Thanks

 

[philo2009]

Hello,

What grammar structure is this? Having finished his reading he went out for a stroll.
She reproach me with having sent her to the Home.
The old fellow fidgeted a bit. Then, “Well, I know I didn’t ought to have done it,”

Thanks

1. Participial construction (but requires a comma after 'reading')

2. If amended to

She reproached me for having sent her to the home.

the part 'having...home' is a gerund phrase.

3. Nonstandard grammar.

 

[Barb_D]

The "double modal" is considered nonstandard, but it's not uncommon in parts of the American South (and I've been told there are parts of Scotland where it's used too.)