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Jane Leshadded a note 7 anos atrás

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Друзья, нашла такое предложение: "I meant to have helped him, no offense was meant".

Почему здесь используется перфектный инфинитив, нельзя ли просто сказать "I meant to help"?

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Jane Leshadded a comment 7 anos atrás

Hi there

⁌ ULY ⁍added a comment 7 anos atrás

I meant to help him. The perfect here would make no sense.

Jane Leshadded a comment 7 anos atrás

That's crazy, this is what I've found in my grammar book 😯 Thank you very much, Uly!

⁌ ULY ⁍added a comment 7 anos atrás

You're very welcome. This is why I don't trust dictionaries are grammar books anymore. I've found the same bullshit in Russian books.

gra chadded a comment 7 anos atrás

Я должен был помочь ему (но не сделал этого).
Мне кажется, перфектный инфинитив в данном случае играет важную роль. Смысл употребления понятен в контексте

⁌ ULY ⁍added a comment 7 anos atrás

Gra, проблема в том, что никакой носитель языка бы сказал это так в реальной жизни.

Jane Leshadded a comment 7 anos atrás

Uly, just one correction, if you don't mind =)

Проблема в том, что никакой носитель языка НЕ сказал бы это так в реальной жизни. *

⁌ ULY ⁍added a comment 7 anos atrás

Jane, I welcome all corrections. Thank you for that such a silly mistake.

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