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Old 10-12-2008, 05:06 AM
impeccableman impeccableman is offline
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Default saying/having said

(A) I remember having said that to you before the accident happened.
(B) I remember saying that to you before the accident happened.

Is there any difference between the above two sentences semantically?
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Old 10-12-2008, 09:07 AM
Marius Hancu Marius Hancu is offline
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Yes, a slight one, the first stresses the act being completed, as in:

I remember I had said that to you before the accident happened.

while the 2nd focuses on what happened during the time of the saying.
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Old 10-13-2008, 02:41 AM
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I remember having done that.
I remember doing that.
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