The grammar phrase is not quite clear to me
He'd been to get a wedding present, a vase.
He had been to get ... is it possible to build the phrase like that ?
Anyway, I don't know what grammar stands underneath that.
I mean, it would be clear if this would have been so:
He had been busy getting a wedding present, a vase.
Could anyone shed a light at this, please
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apkemu He'd been to get a wedding present, a vase. He had been to get ... is it possible to build the phrase like that ?
- apkemu He'd been to get a wedding present, a vase.
- He had been to get ...
- is it possible to build the phrase like that ?
- Yes.
- This is a special use of "been" that conveys the idea of having gone somewhere (in this case gone on an errand to get the wedding present) and then returned.
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apkemuHe'd been to get a wedding present, a vase.
He had been to get ... is it possible to build the phrase like that ?
Yes. This is a special use of "been" that conveys the idea of having gone somewhere (in this case gone on an errand to get the wedding present) and then returned. It is the same "been" as we see in usages such as "Have you ever been to
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