"doing","having done", "to do", "to have done"

[matar0]

Please give me a full explanation of the meanings and the usages of "doing","having done", "to do", "to have done".
In my view:
"to do" =Future Simple/Future in the Past=that he will do/that he would do
b
"doing" = "to have done" = Past Simple = that he did it

"having done" = Present / Past Perfect = that he has/had done it

Please tell me if I'm correct and Please give me a full explanation of the meanings and the usages of these structures.
Besides, Please tell me if the following sentences are correct(they are the application of the rule I supposed above):

Remember to buy the milk! = that you will buy
He remembered to buy the milk (yesterday) = that he would buy the milk
He remembered buying / to have bought (already) the milk the day before = that he had already bought it the day before
He remembered having bought the milk (sometime in the past: no specific time).

Thank you Very Much

 

[User1001]

Please give me a full explanation of the meanings and the usages of "doing","having done", "to do", "to have done".
In my view:
"to do" =Future Simple/Future in the Past=that he will do/that he would do
b
"doing" = "to have done" = Past Simple = that he did it

"having done" = Present / Past Perfect = that he has/had done it

Please tell me if I'm correct and Please give me a full explanation of the meanings and the usages of these structures.
Besides, Please tell me if the following sentences are correct(they are the application of the rule I supposed above):

Remember to buy the milk! = that you will buy
He remembered to buy the milk (yesterday) = that he would buy the milk
He remembered buying / to have bought (already) the milk the day before = that he had already bought it the day before
He remembered having bought the milk (sometime in the past: no specific time).

Thank you Very Much

Looks about right, but "He remembered to buy the milk" could imply anytime recently or merely anytime in the past. It tends to help describe when the person did the action, by using a term to describe when it happened, as you did in parenthesis. Keep up the good work, mate!

 

[panjandrum]

Remember to buy the milk!
That is an instruction.
It tells him that he is expected to buy milk and that the instructor understands that he is likely to have forgotten already, or to forget later.

He remembered to buy the milk.
He was expected to buy milk, we knew that he was to buy the milk, and he bought milk

He remembered buying the milk the day before.
He was responsible for buying milk for us the day before.
On the day after he was meant to buy the milk, he remembered that he had bought milk as required.

He remembered buying milk the day before.
There was no expectation on our part that he would buy milk.
But on a day in the past he remembered that he had bought milk the previous day.

He remembered having bought the milk.
On some occasion in the past he was responsible for buying milk for us.
Some time between then and now he could remember actually buying the milk.


The hypothetical questions are too abstract for me.

 

[matar0]

Remember to buy the milk!
That is an instruction.
It tells him that he is expected to buy milk and that the instructor understands that he is likely to have forgotten already, or to forget later.

He remembered to buy the milk.
He was expected to buy milk, we knew that he was to buy the milk, and he bought milk

He remembered buying the milk the day before.
He was responsible for buying milk for us the day before.
On the day after he was meant to buy the milk, he remembered that he had bought milk as required.

He remembered buying milk the day before.
There was no expectation on our part that he would buy milk.
But on a day in the past he remembered that he had bought milk the previous day.

He remembered having bought the milk.
On some occasion in the past he was responsible for buying milk for us.
Some time between then and now he could remember actually buying the milk.


The hypothetical questions are too abstract for me.

I see that "The hypothetical questions are too abstract" but I still would like to ask you to give me a Grammar-book like full explanation of all these tenses. Otherwise, I should ask you lots and lots of concrete, practical sentences. For instance in the above sentences could I interchange the verbs and say sentences like:

He remembered to buy the milk.

He remembered having bought the milk the day before.
He remembered to have bought the milk the day before.

He remembered having bought milk the day before.
He remembered to have bought milk the day before.

He remembered buying the milk.
He remembered to have bought the milk.

Can you explain me the difference between "buying" and "having bought"? The explanation you gave to the sentences in my view can be valid interchangebly if we put in each sentence "having bought" instead of "buying" and viceversa.
As I already told you, in my humble view, "buying" stands for a Past Simple, whereas "having bought" stands for a Present Perfect or a Past Perfect. Is it so?

Thanks

 

[matar0]

Can we apply our discussion to the structure: It is a shame/a mistake to do it/ to have done it/ doing it/having done it.

Tell me if I'm correct or not:

It is a shame to do it = It is a shame that you will do it
It is a shame to have done it = It is a shame that you did it.
It is a shame doing it yesterday = It is a shame that you did it yesterday
It is a shame having done it (in general with no specific time) = It is a shame that you did it
It was a shame to do it = It was a shame that/if you would do it
It was a shame to have done it = It was a shame that you had done it (the day before).
It was a shame doing it the day before = It is a shame that you had done it the day before
It was a shame having done it (in general with no specific time) = It was a shame that you had done it
If they were not correct, Please give me a full explanation about the difference of usage of "to do", "doing", "to have done","having done".

Thanks Very Very much

 

[matar0]

Can you please tell me if the following sentences are correct?

It’s impossible for the goods to have been delivered(=negative supposition=they can’t have been delivered)in time/ / It’s impossible for you to have delivered them in time(=you can’t have delivered them in time).

It’s impossible to climb that mountain without equipment.
It’s impossible for them to have climbed (=they can’t have climbed) that mountain without equipment .

Thanks so much

 

[panjandrum]

I give up.
There are now three long sets of questions in this thread.

 

[Kelly B]

I see that "The hypothetical questions are too abstract" but I still would like to ask you to give me a Grammar-book like full explanation of all these tenses. Otherwise, I should ask you lots and lots of concrete, practical sentences.

Matar0,
We simply cannot give you a full explanation of all these verb tenses at the level you would find in a grammar book. We are happy to help with specific questions, but you are looking for much broader answers than we can be expected to provide here. Your request is outside the scope of the forum.

Your questions about concrete, practical sentences are welcome, but not when there are many questions ranging over several topics within the same thread.

This thread is closed.