HAVING

@Former Member posted:

"A thread on an amazing man who passed away on Sunday morning and filled me with sadness, and disappointment with myself for not having reached out earlier having intended to so often. His name is PV Satheesh and he was a television producer with Doordarshan Hyderabad".

Hello, Antony George, and welcome to the Grammar Exchange.

Do you know the member named Sundaran? We haven't seen him or her in a while. However, at the precise moment you joined, he or she happened to be logged in, and now you are asking a question like many that he or she used to ask. It's an interesting coincidence.

@Former Member posted:

On the above sentence, what does it "having" mean?  Can you explain this usage in detail?

Just so you know, the sentence you have asked about is ungrammatical. Nevertheless, your questions about it can be easily answered. Please note, however, that you should have told us where the sentence comes from. If you quote something on this site, you must cite the source.

"Having" functions as an auxiliary verb in "having reached out." The speaker was disappointed that he had not reached out. Another way of saying this is that he was disappointed at his not having reached out. The perfective auxiliary verb "have" can be realized as "having" in nonfinite participial constructions.

@Former Member posted:

And what is the difference "ME" and "MYSELF" in this sentence?

"Myself" would be ungrammatical. It is a reflexive pronoun; it can only be used as direct object when the subject of the clause is in the first person ("I"). But in the sentence you have quoted, the subject of the clause is in the third person; the noun phrase "a thread on an amazing man" would be replaced with "it."

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