Learn English – “He had left all he had” vs. “He had left all”

infinitivessentence-construction

He left all he had to found an open entrance scholarship to the school

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He had left all to found an open entrance scholarship to the school.

  1. what is the difference between these sentences? also,
  2. after to we should use present form of verb(find) but here writer used past form of verb(found)….why?

Best Answer

These two sentences have similar meanings:

He left all he had to found an open entrance scholarship to the school.
He had left all to found an open entrance scholarship to the school.

Here "left" is used in the sense of "to bequeath," to pass on belongings or wealth after death. The word "found" here is not the past tense of "to find," but rather the infinitive of a different verb, "to found:"

to set up or establish on a firm basis or for enduring existence

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