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Navitasan Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

For usage

Can one say:

1-I am happy for him to lose.
2-I am happy for him to have lost.

instead of:

I am happy that he lost.

Assuming that 'losing' was not something he benefitted from. I don't know whether 'for' can work in this context, since what has happened is bad for him.
  

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Hi , Can one say: 1-I am happy for him to lose. This might relate to the future. For the past, you could say 'I was happy for him to lose'.

— Clive

  • Hi , Can one say: 1-I am happy for him to lose.
  • This might relate to the future.
  • For the past, you could say 'I was happy for him to lose'.
  • 2-I am happy for him to have lost.
  • Yes, you can say these two versions, although your version below is simpler and more common.
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Hi,

Can one say:

1-I am happy for him to lose. This might relate to the future. For the past, you could say 'I was happy for him to lose'.
2-I am happy for him to have lost.
Yes, you can say these two versions, although your version below is simpler and more common.

instead of:

I am happy that he lost.

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