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Vladv Posted 6 years ago
Grammar
Perfect infinitive
We see it as in insult to have been given no reply". . I know the cases when perfect infinitive is used ( after adjectives: glad to have been invited , instead of dummy it, he is said to have been clever , as a part of the third conditionals to have won the race would have been fantastic , also we can use it after the verbs pretend deserve with the past meaning and after hope intend with the future meaning I hope to have bought a car by noon. Dear friends please add what I didn't include and I am particularly interested in phrases after which perfect infinitive can be used. ( like the one I mentioned above) Could you provide such phrases please.
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It is used after catenative verbs that take an infinitive complement. It is rare (and sometimes very formal). In that situation, you would have needed to have given your positive consent.
- It is used after catenative verbs that take an infinitive complement.
- It is rare (and sometimes very formal).
- In that situation, you would have needed to have given your positive consent.
- Previously, the DNA needed to have been frozen or buried in a layer of permafrost to be retrievable for analysis.
- To save money on 2010 taxes, a purchase needed to have been made by last Friday.
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It is used after catenative verbs that take an infinitive complement. It is rare (and sometimes very formal).
In that situation, you would have needed to have given your positive consent.
Previously, the DNA needed to have been frozen or buried in a layer of permafrost to be retrievable for analysis.
To save money on 2010 taxes, a purchase needed to have been made by last Fr
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