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Having never learnt here confuse me..is it reduced relative clause for (priest who)?
As for optional celibacy, many priests are already in their forties and older, having never learnt how to form intimate relationships with members of the opposite sex. They would be ill-prepared to meet compatible life partners and ill-prepared for marriage.
12 de oct. de 2019 16:47
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"... having never learnt" is a present perfect particple.
- simplified version
Many priests have never learnt how to form intimate relationships with women. These priests are ill-prepared for marriage.
- simplified version with a relative clause
The priests who have never learnt how to form intimate relationships with women are ill-prepared for marriage.
- simplified version with a present perfect participle
Many priests, having never learnt how to form intimate relationships with women, are ill-prepared for marriage.
12 de octubre de 2019
I think that it is an a appositive. And appositive is a phrase that adds additional information, usually between two commas. Example:”Many Americans, having never traveled outside the United States, have little understanding of other countries.” Appositive phrases normally come in the middle of a sentence. The appositive phrase in your sentence is unusual in that it comes at the end of the sentence.
12 de octubre de 2019
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