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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
Vocabulary

Sub : The usage of HAVE and HAVE BEEN

She has a lot of problems, not to have told anyone.
She has a lot of problems, not to have been told.

Could you kindly let me know what are the differences in the above meanings?
  

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In the first sentence, she didn't tell anyone that she had a lot of problems. In the second sentence, no one told her that she had a lot of problems.

  • In the first sentence, she didn't tell anyone that she had a lot of problems.
  • In the second sentence, no one told her that she had a lot of problems.
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In the first sentence, she didn't tell anyone that she had a lot of problems.

In the second sentence, no one told her that she had a lot of problems.

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