@Gustavo, Contributor posted:If the suspicion is present but the aiding took place in the past, you should use a perfect form of the nonfinite verb:
- The criminal is suspected of having been aided by other individuals.
- They suspect the criminal of having been aided by other individuals / They suspect the criminal to have been aided by other individuals.
If both the suspicion and the aiding took place in the past, we'd have:
- The criminal was suspected of being aided by other individuals.
- They suspected the criminal of being aided by other individuals / They suspected the criminal to be aided by other individuals.
If the suspicion lies in the past and the aiding took place further back in the past, we'd have:
- The criminal was suspected of having been aided by other individuals.
- They suspected the criminal of having been aided by other individuals / They suspected the criminal to have been aided by other individuals.
Thank you for the reply! From what I know "having been done", just like "having done" can be replaced with "being done" and "doing" because they have the same meaning when they refer to a past action. Is this correct?