Would you explain the difference about two sentences below?

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#1. I'm happy to pass the exam.#2. I'm happy passing the exam.#3. I'm happy that I pass the exam.My point of this question is about each forms of "toVerb" ,"Verbing" and "the basic with conjunction "that"Are they grammatical sentences?I guess #2 is wrong . but I can't explain why logically though I have spoken #1 habitually. .Thank for your reading.

Mister Micawber · Accepted Answer

These are OK:

#1. I'm happy to have passed the exam.
#3. I'm happy that I passed the exam.

#2 is wrong because it could only be said while in the process of passing...and one never knows whether one is passing while in the process.

Ljswave · Answer

Mister Micawber#1. I'm happy to have passed the exam.

Thank a lot M.M^^
One more thing:
The sentence that I asked is "#1. I'm happy to pass the exam."
You have replaced some words in it like this: "#1-1 I'm happy to have passed the exam"

What are the difference of nuance of two expressions that " to pass and to have passed"?
Do Both " have passed" and "to pass" mean someone passed the exam before they said I'm happy", right?

but I couldn't see the difference between " have passed" and "to pass"

Would you please explain more easiler , showing the example situations.?

Mister Micawber · Answer

ljswave I'm happy to pass the exam."

This doesn't quite make logical sense to me; I can't tell when the exam happens/happened/will happen.

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