In future, you can just go right ahead and ask your question.Hello, [STRIKE]mates[/STRIKE]
I have a question regarding participial phrases.
Are these used mostly in written English or in spoken English as well?
Regards,
Kassihiki
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There are not a few examples of 'having read' on this forum.
Now that I've seen some examples of participial phrases I'd say they're quite rare in conversational American English. That said, there are some (like the one* I began this sentence with) that are so common as to be clichés.
*(If I understand the construction correctly)
Do you mean that participial phrases in general[STRIKE]ly[/STRIKE] are not very common in spoken American English?