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Redkiddy Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

DIFFERENCE?

0Hi from Türkiye, 02br
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001. No one was to give her the present02br
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00 No one was to have given her the present. What is the difference? What do they mean?02br
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00 ( past future or something)02br
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002. I remember you giving her the present02br
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00 I remember you having give her the present """"""""""""""""""""""""""?02br
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003. The little girl was hit by a car02br
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00 The little girl was hit with a car ."""""""""""""""""""""""""""?0-
  

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0 01font 00Hi Redkiddy,02font 02br 01i 02br 001. No one was to give her the present02br 00 No one was to have given her the present. What is the difference?

— Fleder_m@u_S

  • 0 01font 00Hi Redkiddy,02font 02br 01i 02br 001.
  • No one was to give her the present02br 00 No one was to have given her the present.
  • What is the difference?
  • 02i 02br 01font 00I have to admit that I 've never seen these expressions before,so I have no idea what they both mean or if there's any difference.
  • " to imply that I use "ABC" in order to do something.
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0 01font00Hi Redkiddy,02font02br
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001. No one was to give her the present02br
00 No one was to have given her the present. What is the difference? What do they mean?02i02br
01font00I have to admit that I 've never seen these expressions before,so I have no idea
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0Thasnks Flever for your answers but I am sorry to say that it hasn't had any help to me.But thanks for trying02br
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00I think only 3rd answer is acceptable. Moderators please help me.....0-
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1font00Both the first two sentences are a bit contrived, but I'll try and give a plausible context to see if that helps clarify the difference:02font02br
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00Let's imagine a woman is leaving work to have a baby, and everyone has contributed to buy her a present. The boss of the company wants to give the woman the present and make a spe
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0Quite simply:02br
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001. No one was to give her the present = she was not to be given the present, nobody has given it to her.02br
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00 No one was to have given her the present. = she was not to be given the present, but somebody did give it to her.02br
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002. I remember you giving her the present = I remember seeing you giv
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