grammr "to have"

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Guinness World Records recorded Mr Kimura as the oldest man ever verified to have lived.Could anyone please explain the grammar "to have lived"? any other examples to show how i can use it?Thanks

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AnonymousCould anyone please explain the grammar "to have lived"? any other examples to show how i can use it?

It's a perfect infinitive. to have lived, to have seen, to have been, to have taken, to have said, ...
Compare with the plain infinitive: to live, to see, to be, to take, to say, ...

As in your example, it can be used after the past participles of verbs of reporting and other similar verbs: verified, alleged, reported, said, revealed, believed, thought

Syrian rebels are reported to have taken over a border established by the UN.
This is a list of people who have been reported to have lived beyond 130 years.
Those three men are believed to have stolen the safe from the church.

The same meaning can be conveyed with a finite clause.

It has been reported that Syrian rebels have taken over a border established by the UN.

CJ

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