Interchangeable
The least you could have done was to ask her out.
The least you could have done was to have asked her out.
Aren't these practically interchangeable?
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Whether there are grammatical reasons to favour one over the other, I'm unsure of. What I can tell you, is that in general English conversation both are accepted and suggest the same meaning. So yes, they are certainly interchangeable in a practical sense.
- Whether there are grammatical reasons to favour one over the other, I'm unsure of.
- What I can tell you, is that in general English conversation both are accepted and suggest the same meaning.
- So yes, they are certainly interchangeable in a practical sense.
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Whether there are grammatical reasons to favour one over the other, I'm unsure of. What I can tell you, is that in general English conversation both are accepted and suggest the same meaning. So yes, they are certainly interchangeable in a practical sense.
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