In "Me and Cows", I mentioned having ordered "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy".
(where "Me and Cows" is an essay known to the reader)
Something feels off about this sentence. Is it grammatically correct, and natural sounding?
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Sign up to join this communityIn "Me and Cows", I mentioned having ordered "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy".
(where "Me and Cows" is an essay known to the reader)
Something feels off about this sentence. Is it grammatically correct, and natural sounding?
It is right, although perhaps just a bit informal and awkward (I probably would not have judged it so much if I were just reading in context). having ordered
makes an object clause out of a past progressive perfect verb, and skips an implied "I" subject for that clause, so it is a bit complicated and shortcut-y. A more grammatically clear sentence would have been:
I mentioned I had ordered "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy".
That's clearer, and a nit-picky editor might change it, but the original is legitimate.