stepka241
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Hello all!
I'm a learner of English and currently study a new topic - Perfect Infinitives (PI). I have watched some videos on Youtube and read couple of articles on the topic. As I grasped it, the main idea, or the structure of the rule is that there's a list of cases when PI can be or must be used. The most common cases are: 1) after adjectives ('glad to have known'), 2) after certain verbs (like 'claim'), 3) PI as a subject, 4) PI as an alternative for Future Perfect.
While doing an online test few days ago, I encountered a question, which I failed to answer correctly. Here it is:
His car has broken down. He needs to ... .
A) repair it
B) have it repaired
C) have repaired it
My answer was A, while according to the author of the question, the correct one is B. However I don't see the verb 'need' in the list of verbs, that usually demand PI.
Could you please explain, why should we use Perfect Infinitive in this particular case instead of infinitive (option A)? Could you also provide me with an example of a context, as much similar to the given one as possible, where option A would suit better?
Thanking you beforehand for your comments and responses!
I'm a learner of English and currently study a new topic - Perfect Infinitives (PI). I have watched some videos on Youtube and read couple of articles on the topic. As I grasped it, the main idea, or the structure of the rule is that there's a list of cases when PI can be or must be used. The most common cases are: 1) after adjectives ('glad to have known'), 2) after certain verbs (like 'claim'), 3) PI as a subject, 4) PI as an alternative for Future Perfect.
While doing an online test few days ago, I encountered a question, which I failed to answer correctly. Here it is:
His car has broken down. He needs to ... .
A) repair it
B) have it repaired
C) have repaired it
My answer was A, while according to the author of the question, the correct one is B. However I don't see the verb 'need' in the list of verbs, that usually demand PI.
Could you please explain, why should we use Perfect Infinitive in this particular case instead of infinitive (option A)? Could you also provide me with an example of a context, as much similar to the given one as possible, where option A would suit better?
Thanking you beforehand for your comments and responses!