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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
Grammar
Is it OK to say this?
She wanted to have seen that in her father.
If that's ok, when do you use have+past part. after verbs like want +to?
If that's ok, when do you use have+past part. after verbs like want +to?
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Anonymous She wanted to have seen that in her father. It's OK grammatically, but still rather unusual. It seems to me that any verb that takes an infinitive might take this construction, provided the meaning makes sense, but I suspect that it is rarely done.
- Anonymous She wanted to have seen that in her father.
- It's OK grammatically, but still rather unusual.
- It seems to me that any verb that takes an infinitive might take this construction, provided the meaning makes sense, but I suspect that it is rarely done.
- CJ
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AnonymousShe wanted to have seen that in her father.It's OK grammatically, but still rather unusual.
It seems to me that any verb that takes an infinitive might take this construction, provided the meaning makes sense, but I suspect that it is rarely done.
CJ
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She wanted to have seen that in her father. [N]
She wanted to see that in her father. [Y]
She wanted to see that in her father. [Y]
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