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Hallo!Help me please with the following questions: 1) What is that grammar construction - "having been enlarged"? looks like passive, but an uncommon one...What is that "having"? 2) What is meant here - "customer interaction"? Is it interaction OF customers with somebody, or is it interaction of somebody WITH customers? 3) Are those the same expressions - "organizational vision" and "organization vision"? Lets say "organizational vision" is "vision of organization", but why in the first an adjective is used?4) Is it equally correct to say "products delivered" and "delivered products", "the views of the people surveyed" and "the views of the surveyed people", "the type of analysis selected" and "the type of selected analysis"?5) "might not be feasible" and "might be not feasible" - there is no difference, is not it?Many thanks!

Bakeros1987 · Accepted Answer

it is a passive perfect invitive.Look at these

to be taken

to have been taken

being taken

having been taken

cheers,

Bakeros1987 · Answer

I forgot to mention that it was an answer to your 1st question

cheers,

Tolerance · Answer

thanks for your try bakeros.

i found in the grammar smth like it, its said to be some gerund passive...**** grammar maze...

Andriy Lapin · Answer

Greetings,

may I make some remarks:

tolerance1) What is that grammar construction - "having been enlarged"? looks like passive, but an uncommon one...What is that "having"?

the correct interpretation for the construction would be 'perfective passive participle', as the name of the construct is determined by looking at the opening word. Perfect passive infinitive would be 'to have been enlarged'.

tolerance2) What is meant here - "customer interaction"? Is it interaction OF customers with somebody, or is it interaction of somebody WITH customers?

interaction presupposes addressing customers and getting feedback from them. In other words, both companies ('somebody') talk(s) to customers, and customers, in turn, response.

tolerance3) Are those the same expressions - "organizational vision" and "organization vision"? Lets say "organizational vision" is "vision of organization", but why in the first an adjective is used?

it would not be just to make any predictions without the surrounding text, but the phrase 'organisational vision' most probably refers to someone's ability to arrange work (in a firm, enterprise, etc.) in an efficient and profitable way.

tolerance4) Is it equally correct to say "products delivered" and "delivered products", "the views of the people surveyed" and "the views of the surveyed people", "the type of analysis selected" and "the type of selected analysis"?

'Products delivered' and similar combinations originate from a relative clause ('products that were delivered') that has undergone reduction. I would object to using 'surveyed people', as this participial adjective is unlikely to occur attributively. Otherwise, it is best to use the adjective before a noun unless you have a specific reason for not doing so.

tolerance5) "might not be feasible" and "might be not feasible" - there is no difference, ~~is not it~~?

isn't it?

They are virtually the same.

Respectfully, Gleb Chebrikoff

Tolerance · Answer

thanks for your explanations Gleb.

'perfective passive participle' - sounds too scientific and uncommon for me O_o.. i have already searched for it..

Till next questions,
Stas

Andriy Lapin · Answer

You're most welcome, Stas.

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