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Fire1 Posted 7 years ago
Grammar

About : is able to have past participle

He is able to have told them all the secrets

I know this sentence doesn't make any sense, because "is' is the present tense but "to have told" is the past tense, but if we're thinking about a situation in which "he" has a supernatural power that he can change the past, can we think the sentence is grammatically correct and does make sense?

  

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fire1 I know this sentence doesn't make any sense True. It's pretty bad as sentences go, but it works with liable . He is liable to have told them all the secrets.

  • fire1 I know this sentence doesn't make any sense True.
  • It's pretty bad as sentences go, but it works with liable .
  • He is liable to have told them all the secrets.
  • ) fire1 because "is' is the present tense True.
  • fire1 but "to have told" is the past tense False.
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fire1I know this sentence doesn't make any sense

True. It's pretty bad as sentences go, but it works with liable.

He is liable to have told them all the secrets.

(It's likely that he has told them all the secrets.)

fire1because "is' is the present tense

True.

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