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Anonymous Posted 5 years ago
Grammar

To having come up with vs to come up with

He admitted to come up with the plan.

He admitted to having come up with the plan.

Is the difference in meaning between the two sentences above?

  

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He admitted to come up with the plan. This is incorrect English. You could say eg He admitted to coming up with the plan.

  • He admitted to come up with the plan.
  • This is incorrect English.
  • You could say eg He admitted to coming up with the plan.
  • He admitted to having come up with the plan .
  • Is there a difference in meaning between the two sentences above?
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He admitted to come up with the plan.

This is incorrect English. You could say

eg He admitted to coming up with the plan.

He admitted to having come up with the plan.

Is there a difference in meaning between the two sentences above? Not much difference.

Clive

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