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Ant_222 Posted 19 years ago
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acquire/have acquired
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00 In the sentence below, which I know contains a lot of things to pick on, I can't decide between "acquire" and "have acquired": 02 br
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00 «And a font, Bookman Old Style, which you should install before openning remake.doc. Although being a true Microsoft font, it is not included in the standard Windows distribution. I had the fortune to acquire/have acquired it from the original full-cd version of MS Office 97.» 02 br
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00 Begging for your advice, 02 br
00 Ant. 02 br
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00 P.S.: Please, don't ask which one I prefer — I just don't know... Though I find it not likely that both are correct... 02 br
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00 P.P.S.: Now, having written the post, I incline to "acquire", since it's just a simple past action. 0-
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00 In the sentence below, which I know contains a lot of things to pick on, I can't decide between "acquire" and "have acquired": 02 br
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00 «And a font, Bookman Old Style, which you should install before openning remake.doc. Although being a true Microsoft font, it is not included in the standard Windows distribution. I had the fortune to acquire/have acquired it from the original full-cd version of MS Office 97.» 02 br
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00 Begging for your advice, 02 br
00 Ant. 02 br
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00 P.S.: Please, don't ask which one I prefer — I just don't know... Though I find it not likely that both are correct... 02 br
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00 P.P.S.: Now, having written the post, I incline to "acquire", since it's just a simple past action. 0-
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01 cite 10 Ant_222 12 cite 10 Although being a true Microsoft font... 12 br10 Shouldn't it be "Despite being..." or "Although it is..."? 05 0 010id 1
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0 «Shouldn't it be "Despite being..." or "Although it is..."? » 02 br
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00 No, I think it's ok. Though your alternataives are correct as well: 02 br
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00 BBC: "Over the Cornmill Stream is 'Harold's Bridge', although being of 14th Century construction, it has more to do with the monastery than with King Harold." 0-
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00 No, I think it's ok. Though your alternataives are correct as well: 02 br
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00 BBC: "Over the Cornmill Stream is 'Harold's Bridge', although being of 14th Century construction, it has more to do with the monastery than with King Harold." 0-
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01 cite 10 Ant_222 12 cite 12 br10 Yes, you're right! 0-
10 No, I think it's ok. Though your alternatives are correct as well 12 br
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0 Hi, 02 br
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00 Would the meaning be the same whether "acuire" or "have acquired" are used? 02 br
00 I cannot be positive but I have an impression that saying "the fortune to acquire" expresses a coincidence between the act of buying and the fact of being fortunate whereas "fortunate to have acquired" implies that the act of buying turned out to be an advantage some
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00 Would the meaning be the same whether "acuire" or "have acquired" are used? 02 br
00 I cannot be positive but I have an impression that saying "the fortune to acquire" expresses a coincidence between the act of buying and the fact of being fortunate whereas "fortunate to have acquired" implies that the act of buying turned out to be an advantage some
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01 font 00 Could any native speaker give his/her interpretation ? 00 Yes, you seem to understand this correctly. 02 font 02 br
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01 font 00 Best wishes, Clive 02 br
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01 font 00 Could any native speaker give his/her interpretation ? 00 Yes, you seem to understand this correctly. 02 font 02 br
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01 font 00 Best wishes, Clive 02 br
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