Friday 27 November 2015

grammaticality - "Having not" vs "not having"

I did a bit of searching on the difference between "not having" and "having not", but I could not find a convincing argument. I typed this sentence;




Congratulations on not having given up yet!




It was corrected by a friend to;




Congratulations on having not given up yet!




I am certain that my friend has a better command of English and that he is correct. Could someone explain why the first sentence is incorrect?

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