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Twistedthistle Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
"has had to have been" vs "has had to be"
Hi everyone, can any of you see any discernible difference in the meaning of these two sentences?
A) Though much of the original outer wall is still standing, most of the building has had to be reconstructed.
B)Though much of the original outer wall is still standing, most of the building has had to have been reconstructed.
Personally, i think the first one is adequate in expressing the intended meaning, but for some reason i keep gravitating strangely to the second.
Can anyone make a distinction between these two sentences in terms of meaning? or are they basically the same?
Thanks in advance,
TT
A) Though much of the original outer wall is still standing, most of the building has had to be reconstructed.
B)Though much of the original outer wall is still standing, most of the building has had to have been reconstructed.
Personally, i think the first one is adequate in expressing the intended meaning, but for some reason i keep gravitating strangely to the second.
Can anyone make a distinction between these two sentences in terms of meaning? or are they basically the same?
Thanks in advance,
TT
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This is my interpretation: A) Though much of the original outer wall is still standing, most of the building has had to be reconstructed. You know that the reconstruction was required, and it was done in the past. B)Though much of the original outer wall is still standing, most of the building has had to have been reconstructed.
- This is my interpretation: A) Though much of the original outer wall is still standing, most of the building has had to be reconstructed.
- You know that the reconstruction was required, and it was done in the past.
- B)Though much of the original outer wall is still standing, most of the building has had to have been reconstructed.
- You are looking at some ruins, and surmising that it must have been reconstructed sometime in the past because that is what the evidence points to.
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This is my interpretation:
A) Though much of the original outer wall is still standing, most of the building has had to be reconstructed.
You know that the reconstruction was required, and it was done in the past.
B)Though much of the original outer wall is still standing, most of the building has had to have been reconstructed.
You are looking at some ruins, and
A) Though much of the original outer wall is still standing, most of the building has had to be reconstructed.
You know that the reconstruction was required, and it was done in the past.
B)Though much of the original outer wall is still standing, most of the building has had to have been reconstructed.
You are looking at some ruins, and
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