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Jack112 Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
To have had
What do these sentences mean and how are they different? I don't understand the differences between these sentences.
1. The leader, reputed to have had a taste for cigars, cognac and gourmet cuisine, was believed to have had diabetes and heart disease.
2. The leader, reputed to have had a taste for cigars, cognac and gourmet cuisine, was believed to have diabetes and heart disease.
3. The leader, reputed to have had a taste for cigars, cognac and gourmet cuisine, was believed that he had diabetes and heart disease.
Thanks!
1. The leader, reputed to have had a taste for cigars, cognac and gourmet cuisine, was believed to have had diabetes and heart disease.
2. The leader, reputed to have had a taste for cigars, cognac and gourmet cuisine, was believed to have diabetes and heart disease.
3. The leader, reputed to have had a taste for cigars, cognac and gourmet cuisine, was believed that he had diabetes and heart disease.
Thanks!
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The third one is ungrammatical. The first two are fine, and differ only in the time factor. In #1, it was thought that the leader had the diseases prior to the time of the thinking/believing.
- The third one is ungrammatical.
- The first two are fine, and differ only in the time factor.
- In #1, it was thought that the leader had the diseases prior to the time of the thinking/believing.
- In #2, it was thought that the leader had the diseases at the time of the thinking/believing.
- It does seem a bit strange, since diabetes and heart disease do not normally go away.
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The third one is ungrammatical.
The first two are fine, and differ only in the time factor.
In #1, it was thought that the leader had the diseases prior to the time of the thinking/believing.
In #2, it was thought that the leader had the diseases at the time of the thinking/believing.
It does seem a bit strange, since diabetes and heart disease do
The first two are fine, and differ only in the time factor.
In #1, it was thought that the leader had the diseases prior to the time of the thinking/believing.
In #2, it was thought that the leader had the diseases at the time of the thinking/believing.
It does seem a bit strange, since diabetes and heart disease do
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