The perfect participle replacing a clause
The actionA general term expressing that somebody or something does something expressed with the perfectThe aspect expressing completion. E.g.: He’s finished university. participle happens before another one.
Having seen the film before, I didn’t feel like going to the cinema. (= As I had seen the film before, I didn’t feel like going to the cinema.)
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