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Sridharan Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Infinitive - Impersonal 'It"

Is it correct to write as follows?

"It was important to have had finished all the project in India on or before 1st April of 2005."
  

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Sridharan It was important to have had finished all the project in India on or before 1st April of 2005. ". .

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  • Sridharan It was important to have had finished all the project in India on or before 1st April of 2005.
  • ".
  • .
  • ") The use of "it" is fine.
  • You could also say, ".
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SridharanIt was important to have had finished all the project in India on or before 1st April of 2005.
". . . . to have finished" would be the correct "perfect infinitive." (Omit the "had.") The use of "it" is fine.

You could also say, ". . . . to have had the project finished etc."


I need to finish X.
I need to have X
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