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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
Might have not vs. might have not come to
What is the difference between the following?
I might have not realized that I have a purpose in life.
I might have not come to realize that I have a purpose in life.
Also, is it reasonable to use 'have' instead of 'had'?
How is the meaning different if I use 'had'?
I might have not realized that I have a purpose in life.
I might have not come to realize that I have a purpose in life.
Also, is it reasonable to use 'have' instead of 'had'?
How is the meaning different if I use 'had'?
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Anonymous Also, is it reasonable to use 'have' instead of 'had'? " is grammatically incorrect. All verbs are to remain in the bare infinitive form after any auxiliary word Anonymous I might have not realized that I have a purpose in life.
- Anonymous Also, is it reasonable to use 'have' instead of 'had'?
- " is grammatically incorrect.
- All verbs are to remain in the bare infinitive form after any auxiliary word Anonymous I might have not realized that I have a purpose in life.
- I might have not come to realize that I have a purpose in life.
- " is the natural word order, with the " not " preceeding the main verb.
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AnonymousAlso, is it reasonable to use 'have' instead of 'had'?First of all, " I might not had ....." is grammatically incorrect. All verbs are to remain in the bare infinitive form after any auxiliary word
AnonymousI might have not realized that I have a purpose in life.
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Thank you, dimsumexpress, for pointing out the natural word order.
I'm sorry for the confusion, I was asking about the underlined word 'have' in my example, i.e. "...have a purpose...". How does the meaning change if I used 'had' instead of 'have'? Is it reasonably correct to use 'had' in the first place?
And going back to my main question, w
I'm sorry for the confusion, I was asking about the underlined word 'have' in my example, i.e. "...have a purpose...". How does the meaning change if I used 'had' instead of 'have'? Is it reasonably correct to use 'had' in the first place?
And going back to my main question, w
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Uhhhh! Sorry I misread your question about "had"!
If you used " had " instead of " have ", I'd interpret it that your realization (or the lack therefore) went back in time. " Have " suggests the realization has just been discovered in recent time.
If you used " had " instead of " have ", I'd interpret it that your realization (or the lack therefore) went back in time. " Have " suggests the realization has just been discovered in recent time.
AnonymousAnd going back to my main question, what is the difference between "might not have realized" and "might not have
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Thank you, dimsumexpress, for your explanation. This makes sense to me now. It sure is a great help! 
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