"After checking" vs "After checked"

Question

The gerund is the correct verbal form in this participial phrase, so "after checking" is correct.

Last Updated: December 10, 2017

This is a participial phrase that may be used at the beginning of a sentence. This is a common construction:

"After going to the store, I came home."

"After helping my father, I helped my mother."

You could also use the construction at the end of a sentence, but you wouldn't use a comma to separate it from the rest of the sentence, i.e.:

"I went to the store after finding my wallet."

"I talked to my mother after talking to my father."

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You need to use the gerund ("ing") verbal form in this participial phrase.

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Answer 1

After checking

This is correct

Answer 2

This is not correct. Don't use this phrase.