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.