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Volcano1985 Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

She reproached her husband for not having told her about his commerce loses.

She reproached her husband for not having told her about his commerce loses.

Would it be wrong if the sentence was:

She reproached her husband for not telling her about his commerce loses?
  

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Hi, 'Business losses' is a more common phrase than 'commerce losses'. Both sentences are OK, but here are a coiple of comments. She reproached her husband for not having told her about his commerce los s es.

  • Hi, 'Business losses' is a more common phrase than 'commerce losses'.
  • Both sentences are OK, but here are a coiple of comments.
  • She reproached her husband for not having told her about his commerce los s es.
  • The Perfect participle suggests the idea that he should have told her sometime in the period after the losses happened.
  • Would it be wrong if the sentence was: She reproached her husband for not telling her about his commerce los s es?
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Hi,



'Business losses' is a more common phrase than 'commerce losses'.



Both sentences are OK, but here are a coiple of comments.


She reproached her husband for not having told her about his commerce losses.

The Perfect participle suggests the idea that he should have told her sometime in the period after the losses happened

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