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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

Past Participle

Is this correct ? "It had to had been the best experience ever, because I am still rejoicing.
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There's no such infinitive as to had been , so the sentence is ungrammatical. It had to be is correct grammar: It had to be done in an hour. CB

— Cool Breeze

  • There's no such infinitive as to had been , so the sentence is ungrammatical.
  • It had to be is correct grammar: It had to be done in an hour.
  • CB
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There's no such infinitive as to had been, so the sentence is ungrammatical. It had to be is correct grammar: It had to be done in an hour.

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The perfect infinitive is used in sentences such as this one:

"It had to have been the best experience ever, because I am still rejoicing.
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