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Marix998 Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

....is/was supposed to feed/have fed.... issue

Hello,

Can you help me. I don´t know whether the senteces below (bold) are correct or not. I tried to put the senteces in context. I hope it is clear.

My family has recently bought a dog.

My father is not home for a few days and he calls me and asks whether the dog gets his food.

My answer is:

-I don´t know. Natalia (my sister) is supposed to feed the dog.

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It is few hours after dog´s feeding time. My father calls me and asks whether the dog has got the food.

My answer is:

-I don´t know. Natalia was supposed to feed the dog.

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The day after my father calls me and asks me whether the dog got the food the other day.

My answer is:

-I don´t know. Natalia was supposed to have fed the dog.

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There is one more sentece I would like to know its usage:

Natalia is supposed to have fed the dog. I don´t know how to write the situation to this sentece. It seems to me it is similar to Natalia was supposed to feed the dog. but I am not sure.

Thank you

M
  

Top answer

My father is not home for a few days and he calls me and asks whether the dog gets his food . -I don´t know. Natalia (my sister) is supposed to feed the dog.

  • My father is not home for a few days and he calls me and asks whether the dog gets his food .
  • -I don´t know.
  • Natalia (my sister) is supposed to feed the dog.
  • It is a few hours after the dog´s feeding time.
  • My father calls me and asks whether the dog has got the food .
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My father is not home for a few days and he calls me and asks whether the dog gets his food.

-I don´t know. Natalia (my sister) is supposed to feed the dog.

It is a few hours after the dog´s feeding time. My father calls me and asks whether the dog has got the food.

-I don´t know. Natalia was supposed to have fed the dog.

The d
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thank you for your quick response

Natalia is supposed to have fed the dog. I don´t know how to write the situation to this sentece.-- The situation is

the past. It means that meaning is the same as Natalia was supposed to have fed the dog.
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I'm sorry. I now see that I misled you, because I misread the 2nd sentence: I thought it read 'is', not 'was'! So let's start again, please:

My family has recently bought a dog. My father is not home for a few days and he calls me and asks whether the dog gets his food.

My answer is: I don´t know. Natalia (my sister) is supposed to feed the dog. -- OK. The qu
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Hi,

Thank you for your answer.

I have got one more question. Natalia was supposed to feed the dog. Natalia was supposed to have fed the dog.

Could you tell me the difference or I can use it interchangeably. I think there should be a situation where I should use either the first one or the second one.

Tha
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This is how I vaguely see them:

Natalia was supposed to feed the dog. -- In the past, she had this responsibility

Natalia was supposed to have fed the dog. -- I the past, she had this responsibility for an earlier occasion in particular.

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