Kotfor
Member
- Joined
- Feb 17, 2011
- Member Type
- Student or Learner
- Native Language
- Ukrainian
- Home Country
- Belarus
- Current Location
- Ukraine
I'd like to know if perfect infinitive can refer to the past.
1) I want you to have found the key by the time I return. (have found - refers to the future)
2) Generally, the job description alludes to three important factors in the hiring process: what the company will expect from you in the future, what they want you to have done in the past, and what qualifications you need to have at this moment. (seems to me that it refers to the past)
If I am right with my guess how shall one find out what is meant if the context doesn't help to get it clearer.
I want you to have called her.
What shall I understand here?
a) past
b) future
1) I want you to have found the key by the time I return. (have found - refers to the future)
2) Generally, the job description alludes to three important factors in the hiring process: what the company will expect from you in the future, what they want you to have done in the past, and what qualifications you need to have at this moment. (seems to me that it refers to the past)
If I am right with my guess how shall one find out what is meant if the context doesn't help to get it clearer.
I want you to have called her.
What shall I understand here?
a) past
b) future