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SuperESL Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

happens to have been / happned to be

Are there any differences at all between:

"The person who happened to be there"
"The person who happens to have been there" ?

Thank you.
  

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The second sentence is ungrammatical. You have a present tense mixed with a present perfect tense form in the same breath.

— Anonymous

  • The second sentence is ungrammatical.
  • You have a present tense mixed with a present perfect tense form in the same breath.
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The second sentence is ungrammatical. You have a present tense mixed with a present perfect tense form in the same breath.
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SuperESL Are there any differences at all between: "The person who happened to be there""The person who happens to have been there" ?Thank you.
"The person who happened to be there." That is correct. It describes a situation in the past.

"The person who happens to have been there." That is an odd construction. It describes, in the simp
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