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Diamondrg Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

reduction

1b00The politician, ---- for some time to have been involved in financial irregularities, was arrested last night at his home.02b02br
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00A) to have been said02br
00B) to be said02br
00C00) having been said02br
00D00) being said02br
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00E) said02br
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00Which one(s) do you think is / are correct? Does the presence or absence of "for some time" affect your choice? If yes, how? Is the sentence a reduction of an adjective clause or adverbial clause? 0-
  

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11b10The politician, ---- for some time to have been involved in financial irregularities, was arrested last night at his home.12b12br
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10A) to have been said12br
10B) to be said12br
10C10) having been said12br
10D10) be
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01cite10Marius Hancu12cite10Your choice first, pls. 12br
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11cite20Marius Hancu22cite20Your choice first, pls. 22br
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20C and E.12br
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10Little doubt.12br
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01cite10Diamondrg12cite11b10The politician, ---- for some time to have been involved in financial irregularities, was arrested last night at his home.12b12br
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10A) to have been said12br
10B) to be said12br
10C10) having been said12br
10D10) being said12
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0 I would use only E. 01i00Having been said02i00 is wrong since a relative clause equivalent is in question; 01i00having been said02i00 sounds temporal in meaning.02br
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