kadioguy
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I can assure you that John is to be blamed for the mistake once his supervisors have heard about what he did during the incident.
https://forum.wordreference.com/threads/is-to-do-vs-is-to-be-done.3112514/post-15739089
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I am wondering why the blue part is used in the present perfect.
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a. I can assure you that John is to be blamed for the mistake once his supervisors have heard about what he did during the incident.
b. I can assure you that John is to be blamed for the mistake once his supervisors hear about what he did during the incident.
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What different effects do (a) and (b) have?
(I created b. for comparison.)
https://forum.wordreference.com/threads/is-to-do-vs-is-to-be-done.3112514/post-15739089
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I am wondering why the blue part is used in the present perfect.
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a. I can assure you that John is to be blamed for the mistake once his supervisors have heard about what he did during the incident.
b. I can assure you that John is to be blamed for the mistake once his supervisors hear about what he did during the incident.
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What different effects do (a) and (b) have?
(I created b. for comparison.)