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Keepsmiling Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

TO HAVE +PAST PARTICIPLE

Can Anyone help me in explaining the following question?
problem is given below:

(1).IN ORDER TO HAVE SIT.

(2). I HAD TO HAVE TAKEN AN UMBRELLA.

(3). I DID NOT HAVE TO HAVE TAKEN AN UMBRELLA.

(4). WHAT DOES THIS CASE NEED TO HAVE DONE TO IT TO USE LIQUID?

(5). SOMEONE HAS TO HAVE DONE THIS.

In these five sentences,can anyone tell me why we use" TO HAVE"as given in above sentences?
  

Top answer

to have + past participle is "the perfect infinitive". It's used to show that an action happened previous to some other action. I had to have taken an umbrella , for example, is like saying It had to be that I had taken an umbrella.

— CalifJim

  • to have + past participle is "the perfect infinitive".
  • It's used to show that an action happened previous to some other action.
  • I had to have taken an umbrella , for example, is like saying It had to be that I had taken an umbrella.
  • ) need to have done to it is a different case.
  • It means that somebody needs to do something to it.
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to have + past participle is "the perfect infinitive". It's used to show that an action happened previous to some other action.

I had to have taken an umbrella, for example, is like saying It had to be that I had taken an umbrella. (The only logical conclusion was that I had taken an umbrella -- before I discovered something else, for example, that I needed
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keepsmilingCan Anyone help me in explaining the following question?
problem is given below:
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Hola me llamo Maca. Example: I have to done my english homework Emotion: smile Otro: I have to seen Tom. No se si esta bien, tengo 13 años y estoy
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