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Imantaghavi Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

Reported Speech 3

Hi,

Here is a reported speech followed by the direct speech of it, but what I can't understand is that why the reported one is in present perfect while the direct speech is in present perfect as well?
Shouldn't the reported speech be in past perfect?

Reported: She claimed never to have met him before.
Direct : No,I have certainly never met him before.

Cheers,
Iman
  

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'Never to have met' means ' had never met' that's why .

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  • 'Never to have met' means ' had never met' that's why .
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'Never to have met' means ' had never met' that's why .
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Thank you pavansunil very much for your time and effort. That was really helpful.

Iman
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imantaghaviHi,Here is a reported speech followed by the direct speech of it, but what I can't understand is that why the reported one is in present perfect while the direct speech is in present perfect as well?Shouldn't the reported speech be in past perfect?

Reported: She claimed never to have met him before.
Direct : No,I have certainly never met him before
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Hello Surfer,

Thank you for your reply, but what do you mean by present simple? Would you clarify the point by an example?
In case of the mentioned example it is supposed to be like this:

She claims to meet him before.
Is that correct?

Cheers,

Iman
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imantaghavibut what do you mean by present simple? Would you clarify the point by an example?
I'm really sorry about that.. .

In fact, it took me some time to Google that and find the right term: the infinitive. Constructs of the form to + infinitive are called the full infinitive, and they consist of to followed by an in
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