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Vts nair Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
What is past & passive infinitive?
kindly explain with meaning..thanks inadvance
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There is no such thing as 'past infinitive'. There is a present perfect infinitive ( to have gone ) and a passive infinitive ( to be beaten ), though. I don't know what I can tell you about meaning.
- There is no such thing as 'past infinitive'.
- There is a present perfect infinitive ( to have gone ) and a passive infinitive ( to be beaten ), though.
- I don't know what I can tell you about meaning.
- Do you have a more specific concern?
- Here are two example sentences: They were expected to have gone fishing alone, but they took their wives with them.
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There is no such thing as 'past infinitive'. There is a present perfect infinitive (to have gone) and a passive infinitive (to be beaten), though. I don't know what I can tell you about meaning. Do you have a more specific concern? Here are two example sentences:
They were expected to have gone fishing alone, but they took their wives with them.
They were expected to have gone fishing alone, but they took their wives with them.
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