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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Infinitives and participles

Hello everybody!

My question is when to use infinitives and when to use participles

Having worked in company for many years I decided to leave. (Perfect infinitive)

To have worked in company for many years I decided to leave. (Participle)

other examples:

The Court having considered the motion to amend the Uniform

Teenagers who are overweight or obese are more likely to have considered suicide than those who
are a normal weight.

Thanks
  

Top answer

Hi there. This is a big area of grammar - there are lots and lots of rules for these, but here is a short answer. " is a perfect infinitive and wouldn't be used in the example you gave.

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  • Hi there.
  • This is a big area of grammar - there are lots and lots of rules for these, but here is a short answer.
  • " is a perfect infinitive and wouldn't be used in the example you gave.
  • ) after many verbs (I want to go ) to say why you did something (I came to England to learn English) "Having worked in the company for many years" is a participle clause.
  • These can express reason and time relations.
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Hi there.

This is a big area of grammar - there are lots and lots of rules for these, but here is a short answer.

First "to have worked ..." is a perfect infinitive and wouldn't be used in the example you gave. Infinitives are used:
  1. after many adjectives (teenagers are likely to have considered ...)
  2. after many verbs (I wan
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