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HSS Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

Supposed + to + Have + Past Participle

0I jumped here from:02br
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00[1] I couldn't meet as many guests as I was supposed to have met.02br
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00[2] I couldn't meet as many guests as I was supposed to meet.02br
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00What difference do you perceive between the two?02br
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00To me, [1] stresses that the speaker didn't meet as many whereas [2] simply tells you that there was a quota. What do you think?02br
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02i 02br 02br 00 My reading of this is that previous to thinking/reflecting on that you had't met enough people. 02br 00 Past infinitive introduces connotations of previous activity. 02br 02br 01i 00Supposed to02i 00 introduces a quota/expectation in both.

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  • 02i 02br 02br 00 My reading of this is that previous to thinking/reflecting on that you had't met enough people.
  • 02br 00 Past infinitive introduces connotations of previous activity.
  • 02br 02br 01i 00Supposed to02i 00 introduces a quota/expectation in both.
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0 01i00[1] I couldn't meet as many guests as I was supposed to have met.02i02br
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00 My reading of this is that previous to thinking/reflecting on that you had't met enough people. 02br
00 Past infinitive introduces connotations of previous activity. 02br
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01i00Supposed to02i00 introduces a quota/e
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0 Hi HSS02br
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00I can detect no actual difference.02br
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00Cheers02br
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