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Shelby Killuminati Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

Grammar Question

I forgot some link address of a website and I asked my friend to recall me it. He told me the link address and I replied to him :

Thanks. I had it vaguely remember
Thanks. I vaguely remember it

Which one is correct or there's none correct at all ?
  

Top answer

Shelby Killuminati Thanks. I vaguely remember ed it Correct, if you add a full stop. You are also speaking of the past, so it is best to use the past tense.

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  • Shelby Killuminati Thanks.
  • I vaguely remember ed it Correct, if you add a full stop.
  • You are also speaking of the past, so it is best to use the past tense.
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Shelby KilluminatiThanks. I vaguely remembered it
Correct, if you add a full stop. You are also speaking of the past, so it is best to use the past tense.
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Why not 'I had it remembered vaguely ?'
Isn't this one grammatically correct ?
Also it's in past tense as well
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Shelby KilluminatiIsn't this one grammatically correct ?
No.
The causative from of have can be used with a passive voice with a different actor (from the main subject) performing the action. "remembered" does not fit this pattern.

I sold my car to Jim. I had it repossessed, because Jim did not make payments on it.
The paint on m
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So either of them could be used right ?
I remembered it vaguely, and
I had remembered it vaguely

But using the 'had' one.. what the 'had' is functioning as here in the sentence ? Could you explain that to me please ?
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Shelby KilluminatiBut using the 'had' one.. what the 'had' is functioning as here in the sentence ? Could you explain that to me please ?
It is an auxiliary verb used to express the past perfect tense.

The perfect tenses all use "have" + past participle of the main verb.

I have eaten already. (present perfect)
He had eaten a
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So 'I had remembered it vaguely' is the best to use, isn't it ? since I remembered it vaguely until I asked him about it and he had it recalled to me.
As you have described here 'He had eaten all the chips before we arrived. '
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We normally use "had" related to an event earlier than another past event.

I had remembered (past perfect) it only vaguely before you reminded (past) me. Now I recall it perfectly.
You reminded me (an event in the past)
I had remembered it only vaguely (an event that happened earlier than the reminder.)
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Shelby KilluminatiBut using the 'had' one.. what the 'had' is functioning as here in the sentence ? Could you explain that to me please ?
Had is a grammatical word (an operator) here and marks the temporality, i.e. the past perfect tense and is in contrast with the lexical had meaning possess, own, hold, experience, undergo.
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