Las oraciones de participio (participle clauses) son oraciones subordinadas que presentan información de forma concisa y se forman con un gerundio (present participle) o un participio (past participle).
En inglés escrito es un recurso muy habitual, ya que se puede aportar mucha información sin que la oración sea demasiado larga o complicada.
Having washed her hair, Susan reached for the hair-dryer and scissors.
Holding the hair-dryer in her left hand, Susan cut her hair with the scissors in her right hand.
Blown to the right by the hair-dryer, her hair could easily be cut.
Having been cut, her hair looked strange.
Have you ever seen anyone cutting their hair this way?