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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
perfect or present?
In traditional thought, angels were assumed
---- the form of human males, and as a
consequence, they ---- for men.
A) to have had / have sometimes mistaken
B) having / had sometimes mistaken
C) to have / were sometimes mistaken
D) having had / sometimes mistook
E) to have had / were sometimes mistaking
the answer is C but not A . WHY?
---- the form of human males, and as a
consequence, they ---- for men.
A) to have had / have sometimes mistaken
B) having / had sometimes mistaken
C) to have / were sometimes mistaken
D) having had / sometimes mistook
E) to have had / were sometimes mistaking
the answer is C but not A . WHY?
Top answer
I would use to have had and then were sometimes mistaken
- I would use to have had and then were sometimes mistaken
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Hi
If you take (A) and put it into the sentence, you get ...
In traditional thought, angels were assumed
to have had the form of human males, and as a
consequence, they have sometimes mistaken for men.
The last part just doesn't work. You could make it work by putting 'been' towards the end, but that's not an option
So (C) has to be right
Dave
If you take (A) and put it into the sentence, you get ...
In traditional thought, angels were assumed
to have had the form of human males, and as a
consequence, they have sometimes mistaken for men.
The last part just doesn't work. You could make it work by putting 'been' towards the end, but that's not an option
So (C) has to be right
Dave
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