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Seemingly incorrectly used -e endings for verbs in a DW article
Those are Konjunktiv I forms. See the conjugations of
haben
gehen
gelten
Those Konjunktiv I forms are used mainly in press to mark reported speech. DW does not claim those things stated are facts ...
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Unusual word order: Passive mit Modalverben im Plusquamperfekt
This somewhat advanced position of the finite verb in a clause-final complex predicate is called "Oberfeld". A detailed explanation is here: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deutsche_Grammatik#...
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Unusual word order: Passive mit Modalverben im Plusquamperfekt
This is a special word order rule that kicks in when you have an Ersatzinfinitiv and dependent clause word order. The conjugated form of haben leads the row of infinitives then.
This is mandatory for ...
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