1) He was to have visited his grandmother in the hospital.
2) He was to visit his grandmother in the hospital.
These are not common verb forms. These sentences must be examined in a context, which is a story about him. Do you have more context?
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These are not common verb forms.
These sentences must be examined in a context, which is a story about him. Do you have more context?
I can't think of a situation in which the first sentence could be used.
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