Use of present participle, without "en..)

Question

Is it correct to write:Ainsi, ayant pris soin de satisfaire à l'exigence de .....I cannot work this out from the Progress materials, which seem to focus mostly on en+..antMerci

Céline Pickard · Accepted Answer

Bonjour Le,
"Ainsi, ayant pris..." is not the present participle on its own. In fact, it's a perfect participle construction, formed with the present participle of "avoir" ("ayant") + the past participle of the main verb "prendre" ("pris"). This construction is used to express something that happened before the main action, similar to a cause or background context. 
Participe présent / Gérondif (see point number 3)
Take a look at the 2 links below from our partner's site below:
Present participle - Lawless French
Perfect participle - Lawless French
I hope this is helpful.
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