ABSTRACT

7.1(1). In the infinitive we have only two tenses, the present infinitive, [to] take, and the perfect infinitive [to] have taken. The former refers not only to the present time, but generally to the same time as is indicated by the main verb, thus

 

it does him good

it did him good

it has done him good

it had done him good

it will do him good

it will have done him good

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to take long walks.