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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.
______________________________________________________________________________
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.
_______________________________________________________________________________
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
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.
______________________________________________________________________________
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.
______________________________________________________________________________
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.
_______________________________________________________________________________
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
-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.
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
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
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.
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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