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Adj (2) - This sentence is not correct, common and natural | Meaning of 'but not limited to'
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Can are likely to have have Tue Sep 19, 2006 14:59 pm  Can are likely to have have
 

Gentlemen,

The following text is confusing me:

"Americans who have been unfortunate enough to lose their jobs during the first half of the year can are likely to have have found new jobs more quickly than in each of the past two years." from www.Management-Issues.com

--> can are likely to have have <-- what this is suppose to mean???

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Can are likely to have have Tue Sep 19, 2006 15:43 pm  Can are likely to have have
 

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That looks like a case of careless and hurried cutting (editing) of text to me (rather than typos). In other words, can and (one) have should have been cut from the original text but weren't:

are likely to have
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Can are likely to have have Tue Sep 19, 2006 15:56 pm  Can are likely to have have
 

Hi Yankee,

Thank you for that answer... I have another question for you.

Why the writer used the phrase "are likely to have found" at the time he was pointing to an act may happen in the future?

Can we just say : "are likely to find ...." ?

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Likely Tue Sep 19, 2006 16:01 pm  Likely
 

Hi Fooz,

Likely gives the idea of possibility in the sense that something will possibly happen.

Take this sentence:

I completed my examination but I'm not likely to pass because the examiner is likely to have found many mistakes.

Here likely to pass points to the future - likely to have found points to the past.

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Can are likely to have have Tue Sep 19, 2006 20:14 pm  Can are likely to have have
 

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Why the writer used the phrase "are likely to have found" at the time he was pointing to an act may happen in the future?

Can we just say : "are likely to find ...." ?

I do not understand this to be a reference to the future. I understand it to be an assumption of something that has already happened.

I'd reword this way:

"... have probably found new jobs more quickly than in each of the past two years."

OR maybe this way:

"... have probably been able to find new jobs...."

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