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Fire1 Posted 7 years ago
Grammar

For someone to have done

?I wonder whether this sentence is grammatical and natural and makes sense.

For her to have received my letter by the end of this week, I sent it to her yesterday.

I wrote this sentence to mean similarly to "I sent my letter to her yesterday so that she can receive my letter by the end of this week"

  

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fire1 For her to have received my letter by the end of this week, I sent it to her yesterday. No, the "to have received" part isn't right in this context. fire1 I sent my letter to her yesterday so that she would/will receive it by the end of this week.

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  • fire1 For her to have received my letter by the end of this week, I sent it to her yesterday.
  • No, the "to have received" part isn't right in this context.
  • fire1 I sent my letter to her yesterday so that she would/will receive it by the end of this week.
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fire1For her to have received my letter by the end of this week, I sent it to her yesterday.

No, the "to have received" part isn't right in this context.

fire1I sent my letter to her yesterday so that she would/will receive it by the end of this week.
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