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Hasibul Alam Posted 5 years ago
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Why deed writer use 'to have' instead of only 'to'?
I was pretty sure Sandra would have been old enough to vote, but probably not old enough to have moved away from home.
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"to have moved away" indicates that the action of "move away" had potentially already happened (but in this case in fact hadn't happened) by the time of "I was pretty sure". "to move away" would indicate that the action "move away" potentially happened at or around the time of "I was pretty sure".
- "to have moved away" indicates that the action of "move away" had potentially already happened (but in this case in fact hadn't happened) by the time of "I was pretty sure".
- "to move away" would indicate that the action "move away" potentially happened at or around the time of "I was pretty sure".
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"to have moved away" indicates that the action of "move away" had potentially already happened (but in this case in fact hadn't happened) by the time of "I was pretty sure". "to move away" would indicate that the action "move away" potentially happened at or around the time of "I was pretty sure".
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