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Kilimanjaro

#327221 Sat, 10 Feb 07 09:39 AM

1-Anyone having lost their luggage can appeal to the police.

2-Anyone loosing their luggage can appeal to the police.

3-Anyone to have lost their luggage can appeal to the police.

4-Anyone who lost their luggage can appeal to the police.

Are they correct and equal in meaning and tense?

Kilimanjaro

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Cool Breeze

#327225 Sat, 10 Feb 07 09:53 AM

Kilimanjaro wrote:
1-Anyone having lost their luggage can appeal to the police.

2-Anyone loosing their luggage can appeal to the police. (losing, not loosing)

3-Anyone to have lost their luggage can appeal to the police.

4-Anyone who lost their luggage can appeal to the police.

Are they correct and equal in meaning and tense?

Hi Kilimanjaro

1. = Anyone who has lost their luggage can appeal to the police. - It is assumed that some have lost their luggage.
2. = Anyone who will lose their luggage can appeal to the police. - It is assumed that some will lose their luggage.
3. Ungrammatical.
4. Good as it stands. The meaning should be self-evident.

Cheers
CB

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Kilimanjaro

#327264 Sat, 10 Feb 07 12:08 PM

Cool Breeze wrote:
Kilimanjaro wrote:

1-Anyone having lost their luggage can appeal to the police.

2-Anyone loosing their luggage can appeal to the police. (losing, not loosing)

3-Anyone to have lost their luggage can appeal to the police.

4-Anyone who lost their luggage can appeal to the police.

Are they correct and equal in meaning and tense?

Hi Kilimanjaro

1. = Anyone who has lost their luggage can appeal to the police. - It is assumed that some have lost their luggage.
2. = Anyone who will lose their luggage can appeal to the police. - It is assumed that some will lose their luggage.
3. Ungrammatical.
4. Good as it stands. The meaning should be self-evident.

Cheers
CB

Thank you very much for the time you spared for me Cool Breeze. Smile [:)]

Kilimanjaro

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