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Tomasz Klepinowski Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
Why is this answer wrong?
There was the task in my course book to complete the sentence.
'What was the last animal .......................... extinct'
So i gave the answer 'to have become' but the correct one, according to the key provided, should be 'to become'.
Why was my answer incorrect?
'What was the last animal .......................... extinct'
So i gave the answer 'to have become' but the correct one, according to the key provided, should be 'to become'.
Why was my answer incorrect?
Top answer
"To become" is the correct answer. The phrase "to have become" is rarely heard in (US) English today, and is used differently, for example: "When I met her again, 10 years after we had parted ways, she was disappointed. "
- "To become" is the correct answer.
- The phrase "to have become" is rarely heard in (US) English today, and is used differently, for example: "When I met her again, 10 years after we had parted ways, she was disappointed.
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"To become" is the correct answer. The phrase "to have become" is rarely heard in (US) English today, and is used differently, for example:
"When I met her again, 10 years after we had parted ways, she was disappointed. She was expecting me to have become more mature, more of a man, but she found me exactly the same person as before."
"When I met her again, 10 years after we had parted ways, she was disappointed. She was expecting me to have become more mature, more of a man, but she found me exactly the same person as before."
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