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Mkyol Posted 18 years ago
Grammar
some questions about a sentence
0 "I had suspected that you had sticky fingers, so I had security cameras installed" 02 br
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00 The part, "I had security cameras installed", is that the same as "I installed security cameras"? It kind of looks like it's in the passive form, but that would be "security cameras were installed", so I'm kind of confused about the form. 02 br
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00 Just to confirm, "I had suspected" 'applies' (only) to "I had security cameras installed"->"I installed security cameras" right? The 'had' in the original disappears in the modified form, and so the past perfect form of the sentence is made clear. 02 br
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00 Also, "you had sticky fingers" rather than "you have sticky fingers" is used. It is kind of confusing because simple past means something existed in the past but not anymore(but I guess the sentence as a whole is not in simple past). Is it because of "I had suspected that" that 'had' can be used even though it's not refering to past habit? 0-
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00 The part, "I had security cameras installed", is that the same as "I installed security cameras"? It kind of looks like it's in the passive form, but that would be "security cameras were installed", so I'm kind of confused about the form. 02 br
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00 Just to confirm, "I had suspected" 'applies' (only) to "I had security cameras installed"->"I installed security cameras" right? The 'had' in the original disappears in the modified form, and so the past perfect form of the sentence is made clear. 02 br
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00 Also, "you had sticky fingers" rather than "you have sticky fingers" is used. It is kind of confusing because simple past means something existed in the past but not anymore(but I guess the sentence as a whole is not in simple past). Is it because of "I had suspected that" that 'had' can be used even though it's not refering to past habit? 0-
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0 Hi, 02 br 02 br 01 font 00 "I had suspected that you had sticky fingers, so I had security cameras installed" 02 font 02 br 02 br 01 font 00 The part, "I had security cameras installed", is that the same as "I installed security cameras"? It kind of looks like it's in the passive form, but that would be "security cameras were installed", so I'm kind of confused about the form. 02 i 00 The idea here is that the work is done by someone else, not by me.
- 0 Hi, 02 br 02 br 01 font 00 "I had suspected that you had sticky fingers, so I had security cameras installed" 02 font 02 br 02 br 01 font 00 The part, "I had security cameras installed", is that the same as "I installed security cameras"?
- It kind of looks like it's in the passive form, but that would be "security cameras were installed", so I'm kind of confused about the form.
- 02 i 00 The idea here is that the work is done by someone else, not by me.
- 02 br 02 br 01 font 00 Just to confirm, "I had suspected" 'applies' (only) to "I had security cameras installed"->"I installed security cameras" right?
- The 'had' in the original disappears in the modified form, and so the past perfect form of the sentence is made clear.
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0 Hi, 02 br
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01 font 00 "I had suspected that you had sticky fingers, so I had security cameras installed" 02 font 02 br
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01 font 00 The part, "I had security cameras installed", is that the same as "I installed security cameras"? It kind of looks like it's in the passive form, but that would be "se
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01 font 00 "I had suspected that you had sticky fingers, so I had security cameras installed" 02 font 02 br
02 br
01 font 00 The part, "I had security cameras installed", is that the same as "I installed security cameras"? It kind of looks like it's in the passive form, but that would be "se
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0 Generally, if the general context is past, the English speaker prefers as a first priority to stick to it, thus 01 b 00 had 02 b 00 . 02 br
00 Only reluctantly does he move to present, i.e. 01 b 00 have 02 b 00 , perhaps to make something more lively to the reader or to show that parts of the situation are still valid at present. 0-
00 Only reluctantly does he move to present, i.e. 01 b 00 have 02 b 00 , perhaps to make something more lively to the reader or to show that parts of the situation are still valid at present. 0-
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