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Marix998 Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

I never should have agreed to have you come over that night.

Hi,

I have got an issue.

This sentence:

I never should have agreed to have you come over that night.

could I write the sentence differently instead of using to have you come only to come... How does the meaning will change. Do I need to use have you come.


Is this grammar the perfect infinitive?

thanks

marix998
  

Top answer

marix998 to have you come only to come That would make I never should have agreed to come over that night. That reverses things. Instead of 'you' coming to my place, now you have 'me' going to your place.

— CalifJim

  • marix998 to have you come only to come That would make I never should have agreed to come over that night.
  • That reverses things.
  • Instead of 'you' coming to my place, now you have 'me' going to your place.
  • to have come is the perfect infinitive.
  • to have you come is a causative construction.
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marix998to have you come only to come
That would make

I never should have agreed to come over that night.

That reverses things. Instead of 'you' coming to my place, now you have 'me' going to your place.

to have come is the perfect infinitive. to have you come is a causative construction. So you
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