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ccnermh
09-17-2004, 10:23 AM
The former world boxing champion was found to have had sex with the women a number of times when they were minors, between 1995 and 1998. Anne-Marie is now 19 and Jeannie is 21.

Question: WAS is verb (past tense)
FOUND is adjective
TO HAVE is infinitive (adjective complement)
HAD what is this ?

PLEASE EXPLAIN THIS - THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

Rusty
09-21-2004, 02:34 PM
The former world boxing champion was found to have had sex with the women a

(Was found = simple past tense of verb found, passive voice.
To have had = Perfect infinitive of infinitive to have).