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Tenacious Learner Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

Could you tell how to integrate 'has relevance in the present time' in the sentence given?

Hi teachers,
According to this sentence, "She has studied Spanish." Could you tell me how can I integrate, 'has relevance in the present time' in the below sentence?
Because of the tense, the sentence informs on what she has done at an indefinite point in time in the past.

Thanks in advance.
  

Top answer

Because of the tense, the sentence informs on of what she has done at an indefinite point in time in the past, relative to the present.

  • Because of the tense, the sentence informs on of what she has done at an indefinite point in time in the past, relative to the present.
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Because of the tense, the sentence informs on of what she has done at an indefinite point in time in the past, relative to the present.
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screamererBecause of the tense, the sentence informs on what she has done at an indefinite point in time in the past, relative to the present.
Screamerer, you're driving me nuts. The sentence doesn't "inform on" anything.
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enoonScreamerer, you're driving me nuts. The sentence doesn't "inform on" anything.
This is how it originally came, I merely quoted.. . If you hadn't hastened to throw that not-very-nice reply of yours and waited a little longer, you'd have noticed I had already corrected it, promptly.
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And my point was that we have to be careful to give correct answers in exemplary English. But you're right to take umbrage. I do apologize for expressing my exasperation on the forum.

I think it is still not right. I don't think you can use "of" with an intransitive "inform" like that.
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enoonI think it is still not right. I don't think you can use "of" with an intransitive "inform" like that.
I found these searching the Web:

"EDC informs of temporary shut down of Northern Negros plant for testing";
"Germany Informs of Internet Explorer Pitfalls";
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Hi screamerer,
Thank you for your reply.
Don't we use 'of' when the object is specified?
Head Office must be informed of the burglary.

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screamerer enoonI think it is still not right. I don't think you can use "of" with an intransitive "inform" like that.I found these searching the Web:"EDC informs of temporary shut down of Northern Negros plant for testing";"Germany Informs of Internet Explorer Pitfalls";"Forum informs of Australian-first FIFO solution".
Those are headline style, so they don't
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Hi,
How about this one?
Because of the tense, the sentence informs about what she has done at an indefinite point in timein the past, relative to the present.

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Thinking SpainHi,How about this one?Because of the tense, the sentence informs about what she has done at an indefinite point in timein the past, relative to the present.TS
Regardless. Informing-about is not the type of action that sentence does, it's informing-of.

However, consider this one:

As the sentence is formed in the present perfec
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screamererAs the sentence is formed in the present perfect, it tells us what she has done at an indefinite point in the past, relative to the present.
Hi screamerer,
Thank you for that one. Could it also be '... it informs us of what ...'?

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