Auxiliary verb after prepositions
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I've come across a sentence that I'm trying to translate from Spanish.
I'm happy to have had the opportunity
or
I'm happy about having had the opportunity.
I'd like to know which is correct. I'd say it is the first one, as I haven't seen an auxiliary verb in a gerund form. But I could be wrong.
prepositions gerunds
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I've come across a sentence that I'm trying to translate from Spanish.
I'm happy to have had the opportunity
or
I'm happy about having had the opportunity.
I'd like to know which is correct. I'd say it is the first one, as I haven't seen an auxiliary verb in a gerund form. But I could be wrong.
prepositions gerunds
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I'd go with the first one as well :) Note though that you should post questions like this on ELL rather than on ELU
– Hannah
2 days ago
Note the there's nothing grammatically wrong with the second option though – you may very well have one of the primary auxiliaries in the -ing form. It's just that the first one sounds better in this particular case (though I can't really say why...)
– Hannah
2 days ago
I think the first one is better because "happy" accepts "to"-complements and that pattern is shorter and simpler than the other one, which is also correct.
– Gustavson
2 days ago
They're both grammatical. The first one is "Estoy feliz de haber tenido la oportunidad." The second one is "Estoy feliz sobre habiendo tenido la oportunidad." Which of the two sentences you gave you would use would depend on what the original sentence is. Is it the first Spanish translation I've given or the second one?
– Benjamin Harman
2 days ago
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I've come across a sentence that I'm trying to translate from Spanish.
I'm happy to have had the opportunity
or
I'm happy about having had the opportunity.
I'd like to know which is correct. I'd say it is the first one, as I haven't seen an auxiliary verb in a gerund form. But I could be wrong.
prepositions gerunds
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I've come across a sentence that I'm trying to translate from Spanish.
I'm happy to have had the opportunity
or
I'm happy about having had the opportunity.
I'd like to know which is correct. I'd say it is the first one, as I haven't seen an auxiliary verb in a gerund form. But I could be wrong.
prepositions gerunds
prepositions gerunds
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edited 2 days ago
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I'd go with the first one as well :) Note though that you should post questions like this on ELL rather than on ELU
– Hannah
2 days ago
Note the there's nothing grammatically wrong with the second option though – you may very well have one of the primary auxiliaries in the -ing form. It's just that the first one sounds better in this particular case (though I can't really say why...)
– Hannah
2 days ago
I think the first one is better because "happy" accepts "to"-complements and that pattern is shorter and simpler than the other one, which is also correct.
– Gustavson
2 days ago
They're both grammatical. The first one is "Estoy feliz de haber tenido la oportunidad." The second one is "Estoy feliz sobre habiendo tenido la oportunidad." Which of the two sentences you gave you would use would depend on what the original sentence is. Is it the first Spanish translation I've given or the second one?
– Benjamin Harman
2 days ago
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I'd go with the first one as well :) Note though that you should post questions like this on ELL rather than on ELU
– Hannah
2 days ago
Note the there's nothing grammatically wrong with the second option though – you may very well have one of the primary auxiliaries in the -ing form. It's just that the first one sounds better in this particular case (though I can't really say why...)
– Hannah
2 days ago
I think the first one is better because "happy" accepts "to"-complements and that pattern is shorter and simpler than the other one, which is also correct.
– Gustavson
2 days ago
They're both grammatical. The first one is "Estoy feliz de haber tenido la oportunidad." The second one is "Estoy feliz sobre habiendo tenido la oportunidad." Which of the two sentences you gave you would use would depend on what the original sentence is. Is it the first Spanish translation I've given or the second one?
– Benjamin Harman
2 days ago
I'd go with the first one as well :) Note though that you should post questions like this on ELL rather than on ELU
– Hannah
2 days ago
I'd go with the first one as well :) Note though that you should post questions like this on ELL rather than on ELU
– Hannah
2 days ago
Note the there's nothing grammatically wrong with the second option though – you may very well have one of the primary auxiliaries in the -ing form. It's just that the first one sounds better in this particular case (though I can't really say why...)
– Hannah
2 days ago
Note the there's nothing grammatically wrong with the second option though – you may very well have one of the primary auxiliaries in the -ing form. It's just that the first one sounds better in this particular case (though I can't really say why...)
– Hannah
2 days ago
I think the first one is better because "happy" accepts "to"-complements and that pattern is shorter and simpler than the other one, which is also correct.
– Gustavson
2 days ago
I think the first one is better because "happy" accepts "to"-complements and that pattern is shorter and simpler than the other one, which is also correct.
– Gustavson
2 days ago
They're both grammatical. The first one is "Estoy feliz de haber tenido la oportunidad." The second one is "Estoy feliz sobre habiendo tenido la oportunidad." Which of the two sentences you gave you would use would depend on what the original sentence is. Is it the first Spanish translation I've given or the second one?
– Benjamin Harman
2 days ago
They're both grammatical. The first one is "Estoy feliz de haber tenido la oportunidad." The second one is "Estoy feliz sobre habiendo tenido la oportunidad." Which of the two sentences you gave you would use would depend on what the original sentence is. Is it the first Spanish translation I've given or the second one?
– Benjamin Harman
2 days ago
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I'd go with the first one as well :) Note though that you should post questions like this on ELL rather than on ELU
– Hannah
2 days ago
Note the there's nothing grammatically wrong with the second option though – you may very well have one of the primary auxiliaries in the -ing form. It's just that the first one sounds better in this particular case (though I can't really say why...)
– Hannah
2 days ago
I think the first one is better because "happy" accepts "to"-complements and that pattern is shorter and simpler than the other one, which is also correct.
– Gustavson
2 days ago
They're both grammatical. The first one is "Estoy feliz de haber tenido la oportunidad." The second one is "Estoy feliz sobre habiendo tenido la oportunidad." Which of the two sentences you gave you would use would depend on what the original sentence is. Is it the first Spanish translation I've given or the second one?
– Benjamin Harman
2 days ago