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Chingy T. Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
Tenses of 'have' in reported speech
Hello everyone,
I'm going to write a grammar test the next days.
As I found this page, hopefully you can help me out with this one
It appeared that his car had been stolen. (Original)
means that later it appeared that someone's car had been stolen (some time before "it appeared" to be so)
Now the task is to transform it into types of this one:
His car appears to have been stolen (it's the "right" answer given in my book).
Shouldn't it be His car appeared to had been stolen to remain the tense structure?
Or is that a mistake?
Thanks in advance!
I'm going to write a grammar test the next days.
As I found this page, hopefully you can help me out with this one
It appeared that his car had been stolen. (Original)
means that later it appeared that someone's car had been stolen (some time before "it appeared" to be so)
Now the task is to transform it into types of this one:
His car appears to have been stolen (it's the "right" answer given in my book).
Shouldn't it be His car appeared to had been stolen to remain the tense structure?
Or is that a mistake?
Thanks in advance!
Top answer
Chingy T. Shouldn't it be His car appeared to had been stolen to remain the tense structure? Or is that a mistake?
- Chingy T.
- Shouldn't it be His car appeared to had been stolen to remain the tense structure?
- Or is that a mistake?
- No, it shouldn't.
- That is a mistake.
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Chingy T.Shouldn't it be His car appeared to had been stolen to remain the tense structure?No, it shouldn't. That is a mistake. After the infinitival particle to only the infinitive form (dictionary form) of the verb is possible. So you can't write "to had".
Or is that a mistake?
CJ
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