After having found that pleasant surprise, she finished her usual walk

[Nikitus]

Hello.

Are the following sentences grammatically correct?

"After having found that pleasant surprise, she finished her usual walk through the halls of the high school, settling down with her laptop in the chair closest to the coffee pot in the teachers' room."

Thanks.

Edit: Thanks Tarheel.

(I wrote the text)

 

[Tarheel]

It looks like the same thing twice.

A surprise is not something you look for. Instead, it's something unexpected. So how can you find one?

 

[jutfrank]

So how can you find one?

You can find something by chance, can't you?

 

[5jj]

I don't think you can find surprises by chance.

 

[Tarheel]

You can find something by chance, can't you?

Sometimes. It depends on what you're talking about. For example, it would be perfectly natural to say, "I found $20 I didn't know I had."

 

[jutfrank]

I don't think you can find surprises by chance.

Could you explain because I'm not sure exactly what you mean. You can find something by chance that constitutes a surprise, right? If I leave a bunch of flowers in the airing cupboard for you to encounter, that's a surprise, isn't it?

Or do you mean that the flowers are not actually a surprise and that it's the reaction to finding them that is the surprise?

 

[5jj]

All I mean is that I would not say "I found a surprise'.

 

[jutfrank]

All I mean is that I would not say "I found a surprise'.

Really? Why not?

How about this?:

I found a surprise waiting for me in the airing cupboard.

 

[5jj]

Can you actually read my words, jutrank? I wrote I would not say "I found a surprise'.

 

[jutfrank]

Yes, I am quite literate, thank you. I thought it was clear I was asking you to explain why.