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Qop Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

Use pretend with past perfect tense?

Hi all,

I wonder how to use "pretend to do" in conjunction with the past perfect tense in case I want to say
he pretends to have not committed that crime.

maybe I can only use a clause for such a structure?
as in
he pretends that he has not got the information.

Thanks in advance
  

Top answer

How about: He pretends not to have received the information. …committed that crime. He pretends that he had not received the information.

— Wilpeter

  • How about: He pretends not to have received the information.
  • …committed that crime.
  • He pretends that he had not received the information.
  • …committed that crime.
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How about:
He pretends not to have received the information. …committed that crime.
He pretends that he had not received the information. …committed that crime.
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There is no past perfect there.

He pretended that he hadn't committed the crime. -- that has past perfect.
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wilpeterHow about:He pretends not to have received the information. …committed that crime.He pretends that he had not received the information. …committed that crime.
Thank you. But for the second sentence, why is he had not instead of he has not?
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Oh, Okay, sorry, my title was misleading. When I say past perfect tense in the title, I mean, present perfect tense. Sorry guys Emotion: smile
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