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Amir Oghlow Posted 10 years ago
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Happened

"Brent's lover happened to have fallen out of love at an opportune time." If I want to say " Brent's lover happened to fall out...",Does it have the same meaning?And does the sentence mean Brent's lover happened in order to fall out...?
  

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Amir Oghlow to have fallen out of love The perfect infinitive definitively sets the incident in the past, relative to the "present" context of the narrative.

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  • Amir Oghlow to have fallen out of love The perfect infinitive definitively sets the incident in the past, relative to the "present" context of the narrative.
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Amir Oghlow to have fallen out of love
The perfect infinitive definitively sets the incident in the past, relative to the "present" context of the narrative.
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Amir OghlowIf I want to say " Brent's lover happened to fall out...", does it have the same meaning?
It does.
Amir OghlowAnd does the sentence mean Brent's lover happened in order to fall out...?
No.

CJ

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