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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
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do to have done or have done to do
In NCE, there is a sentence in first lesson: for the descriptions given by people who claimed to have seen the puma...
here can I write: had claimed to see. As I think past perfect tense should be used here. Like another sentence in nce:cannot have failed to notice examples...
Are both righ then
if I say "cannot fail to have noticed it. Are they same.
Thank you for your attention
here can I write: had claimed to see. As I think past perfect tense should be used here. Like another sentence in nce:cannot have failed to notice examples...
Are both righ then
if I say "cannot fail to have noticed it. Are they same.
Thank you for your attention
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there is a sentence in first lesson: for the descriptions given by people who claimed to have seen the puma... here can I write: had claimed to see. -- Maybe.
- there is a sentence in first lesson: for the descriptions given by people who claimed to have seen the puma...
- here can I write: had claimed to see.
- -- Maybe.
- I would like to see your complete sentence.
- cannot have failed to notice examples -- This is correct for a past success.
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there is a sentence in first lesson: for the descriptions given by people who claimed to have seen the puma...
here can I write: had claimed to see.-- Maybe. I would like to see your complete sentence.
cannot have failed to notice examples -- This is correct for a past success. For a present success, it would be 'cannot fail to notice examples'.
here can I write: had claimed to see.-- Maybe. I would like to see your complete sentence.
cannot have failed to notice examples -- This is correct for a past success. For a present success, it would be 'cannot fail to notice examples'.
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Even people who take no interest in art cannot have failed to notice examples of modern sculpture on display in public places.
This is the entire sentence. And it is a present success not past success.
Actually I thought 'cannot fail to notice examples" is enough. But here maybe make it more elegant
The other sentence is
For the descriptions given by people who claimed
This is the entire sentence. And it is a present success not past success.
Actually I thought 'cannot fail to notice examples" is enough. But here maybe make it more elegant
The other sentence is
For the descriptions given by people who claimed
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Even people who take no interest in art cannot have failed to notice examples of modern sculpture on display in public places. This is the entire sentence. And it is a present success not past success.-- No, it is not present: they accomplished it somewhere between an unstated past point and now. This is standard use of present perfect.
Actually I thought 'cannot fail to no
Actually I thought 'cannot fail to no
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