BADLUCKMAX
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Hello everyone here.
I met a question when I was learning the transformation between "It's said that..." and "He is said to...".
There is one sentence provided and I need to write the correspondent sentence:
Question): It is believed that the thieves got in through a window in the roof.
My answer): The thieves are believed to have gotten in through a window in the roof.
But the official key to exercises is:
Key
The thieves are believed to have got in through a window in the roof.
Why does it use got(past simple) rather than gotten(past participle) there? Because in all other examples it is followed past participle after have. Or are there exist some exception rules?
I met a question when I was learning the transformation between "It's said that..." and "He is said to...".
There is one sentence provided and I need to write the correspondent sentence:
Question): It is believed that the thieves got in through a window in the roof.
My answer): The thieves are believed to have gotten in through a window in the roof.
But the official key to exercises is:
Key
The thieves are believed to have got in through a window in the roof.Why does it use got(past simple) rather than gotten(past participle) there? Because in all other examples it is followed past participle after have. Or are there exist some exception rules?
