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Tkacka15 Posted 8 years ago
Vocabulary

They reported...

They reported seeing a tornado.

They reported having seen a tornado.

Is there any difference in meaning between sentences above?

  

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In #1, they might be seeing it at the time they report. In #2, they saw it before they reported it, and no longer see it.

  • In #1, they might be seeing it at the time they report.
  • In #2, they saw it before they reported it, and no longer see it.
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In #1, they might be seeing it at the time they report.

In #2, they saw it before they reported it, and no longer see it.

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