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Konrad Posted 17 years ago
I have this in my English student's book. And my question is: why in d) is "She is known to work hard." instead of "She is known to have worked hard." like in f).
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Personal Construction in Passive Voice
I have this in my English student's book. And my question is: why in d) is "She is known to work hard." instead of "She is known to have worked hard." like in f).
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Works is a present tense verb form which refers to this moment or indicates a truth that always applies. The present infinitive to work is used because of that. Left is a past tense form and consequently an infinitive that refers to the past must be used.
- Works is a present tense verb form which refers to this moment or indicates a truth that always applies.
- The present infinitive to work is used because of that.
- Left is a past tense form and consequently an infinitive that refers to the past must be used.
- The perfect infinitive to have left is perfect for that purpose.
- (There are only two infinitives in English, by the way.
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Works is a present tense verb form which refers to this moment or indicates a truth that always applies. The present infinitive to work is used because of that.
Left is a past tense form and consequently an infinitive that refers to the past must be used. The perfect infinitive to have left is perfect for that purpose. (There are only two infinitives in
Left is a past tense form and consequently an infinitive that refers to the past must be used. The perfect infinitive to have left is perfect for that purpose. (There are only two infinitives in
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look at the active voices of both sentense. In first active sentense present simple is used that is "she works" and another active sentence passed simple is used that is "he left the country last night" that's why the difference is...
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