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Chris123 Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
Why the tense of these two infinitives are different?
I have seen two sentences on my grammar book.
1.He is the oldest athlete ever to win an Olympic gold medal.
2.She is the only scientist to have won three Nobel prizes.
Why it is "to win" in the first sentence while it is "to have won" in the second sentence? I think they should be the same because if we change the two infinitives into two clauses, the verb "win" will have the same tense.
1.He is the oldest athlete who has ever won...
2.She is the only scientist who have won...
Both take the present perfect tense. Why the tense is different if the clause is transformed into an infinitive?
1.He is the oldest athlete ever to win an Olympic gold medal.
2.She is the only scientist to have won three Nobel prizes.
Why it is "to win" in the first sentence while it is "to have won" in the second sentence? I think they should be the same because if we change the two infinitives into two clauses, the verb "win" will have the same tense.
1.He is the oldest athlete who has ever won...
2.She is the only scientist who have won...
Both take the present perfect tense. Why the tense is different if the clause is transformed into an infinitive?
Top answer
For me, "to win" and "to have won" seem interchangeable in sentences like yours.
- For me, "to win" and "to have won" seem interchangeable in sentences like yours.
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For me, "to win" and "to have won" seem interchangeable in sentences like yours.
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