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Scottish Posted 9 years ago
Grammar
To have
Dear teacher,
I' m always confused about using 'to have' , I know it is a perfect infinitive but the meaning of it must have different using instead of ' to+verb'!
If you go there you need to have registered a room (why it is not just "to" before register?).
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it would've been possible to have met him if you'd been there.
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To appreciate the success, you need to have had the failure. (Why not just "to have")
Thanking you
Scottish
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All three perfect infinitives are used to make clear that that event precedes the action in the main clause.
- All three perfect infinitives are used to make clear that that event precedes the action in the main clause.
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All three perfect infinitives are used to make clear that that event precedes the action in the main clause.
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