Would it be grammatically correct if I use "having" in the sentence below? I am not sure about using it as it gives a sense of "to possess". Is it correct to use ‘have’ in the continuous tense in this case?
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Sentence:
The phrases "compiled language" and "interpreted language" are nonsensical and are used without having an appropriate notion.
Answer
The sentence may easily have a context in which the sentiments are true. I therefore set aside any discussion (which in any case belongs elsewhere) of programming.
We are then left with a simplified version: A and B are nonsensical and are used without having an appropriate notion. Not only does having give the feeling of possession but the subject of having is not clear. A and B, being inanimate, cannot have notions, so presumably the subject is those who use the phrases A and B. (Forgive me if subject is not quite the right grammatical term for a noun before a gerund. I, being a physicist, simply regard I as the subject of being).
Among the many possibilities, I therefore suggest … and are sometimes used without an appropriate notion, … and are used without appropriate notions, or … and users’ notions of them may be inappropriate. My own taste is for the last one.
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Source : Link , Question Author : Niraj Raut , Answer Author : Anton
