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Kl004535 Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Pls help me

This is my first time to have stayed here.

Is this correct?

Please help me. This is an advanced question.

Hopefully, someone interested could help me.
  

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It is odd. The main verb is present, but the non-finite is a perfect form suggesting a past event. This is my first time to stay here.

— Mister Micawber

  • It is odd.
  • The main verb is present, but the non-finite is a perfect form suggesting a past event.
  • This is my first time to stay here.
  • T hat was my first time to have stayed there.
  • (but even here, the simple 'to stay' is more direct).
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It is odd. The main verb is present, but the non-finite is a perfect form suggesting a past event.

This is my first time to stay here.
That was my first time to have stayed there. (but even here, the simple 'to stay' is more direct).
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