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Kadioguy Posted 9 years ago
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Your wife seems to have been a beauty when young

1. Your wife seems to have been a beauty when young.

Does it mean this:

Your wife seemed to be a beauty in her younger days, and she is still a beauty now.

Or it mean this:

Your wife seemed to be a beauty in her younger days, but she is no longer a beauty now.

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2. Those people seemed never to have been to the beach before.

Does it mean this:

Those people had never been to the beach before.

Thanks!

  

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kadioguy 1. Or it mean this:Your wife seemed to be a beauty in her younger days, but she is no longer a beauty now. It says nothing about her present looks, though the context may endanger the speakers' friendship.

— Mister Micawber

  • kadioguy 1.
  • Or it mean this:Your wife seemed to be a beauty in her younger days, but she is no longer a beauty now.
  • It says nothing about her present looks, though the context may endanger the speakers' friendship.
  • kadioguy 2.
  • Does it mean this:Those people had never been to the beach before.
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kadioguy1. Your wife seems to have been a beauty when young.Does it mean this:Your wife seemed to be a beauty in her younger days, and she is still a beauty now.Or it mean this:Your wife seemed to be a beauty in her younger days, but she is no longer a beauty now.

It says nothing about her present looks, though the context may endanger the speakers' friends

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