A grammar structure

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sondra

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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,”

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philo2009

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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,”

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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.
 

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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.)
 
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