cdieoxide wrote:Thank you Roberta. I am waiting for your reply.
Here are some other sentences also, and I want to know the grammatical reasons for it. These are; "I've been to China last year.", is this a right sentence? If not then what is the mistake? Other two sentences are "I would of liked to have seen that." and "I regret to have damaged your book."What are the mistakes in these two sentences also? The correct sentences which I have for these two are; "I would like to have seen that." and "I regret having damaged your book." or "I regret damaging your book." respectively.
Please give sincere guidance.
cdie, I can give you answers, but I'm not good with the reasons. Sorry.
I've been to China last year.", The tense is wrong here. It should be the past tense; "last year" is very specific. You could say, "I was in China last year," or, "I visited China last year." If you remove "last year," then you can say, "I've been to China."
"I would of liked to have seen that." This is a common mistake even for native English speakers. "Of" is a preposition and does not belong in the sentence. It makes no sense. "Have liked" creates a verb form and is correct. "I would have liked to have seen that."
I'm sorry I can't be more specific. I really don't have the time to look up the answers for you. I'm sorry.
Maybe someone else will come along who can be of more help.