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Itman Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

present perfect vs perfect infinitive

Hello
would you please tell me the differences between present perfect and perfect infinitive in passive form.
And one one more thing, what is the meaning of this expression:"There is somewhere between nowhere and goodbye".
Thanks.
  

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Hi Itman, would you please tell me the differences between present perfect and perfect infinitive in passive form. To understand the difference, you first need to understand what each of these is. Can you write and post two sentences, one that uses present perfect, and then one that uses perfect infinitive in passive form?

  • Hi Itman, would you please tell me the differences between present perfect and perfect infinitive in passive form.
  • To understand the difference, you first need to understand what each of these is.
  • Can you write and post two sentences, one that uses present perfect, and then one that uses perfect infinitive in passive form?
  • Then we can help you with comments.
  • OK?
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Hi Itman,

would you please tell me the differences between present perfect and perfect infinitive in passive form.
To understand the difference, you first need to understand what each of these is. Can you write and post two sentences, one that uses present perfect, and then one that uses perfect infinitive in passive form? Then we can help you with comment
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Hi clive,
Present perfect
passive: The room is nice. it has been cleaned.

Perfect infinitive
passive: if you hadn't left the car unlocked,it wouldn't have been stolen.

And about the phrase, i can't recall the context or even the situation because i've heard it in "million dollar ba
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A. The present perfect in the passive:
A new house has been built.
Two new houses have been built.

B. The perfect infinitive in the passive:
The perfect infinitive is usually used with a defective auxiliary (also known as a modal auxiliary). The defective auxiliaries are can,
could; will, would; shall, should; may, might; must
and o

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