Past perfect tense of, behoove

Fred   Wed Jan 24, 2007 9:56 pm GMT
I'm not sure if 'past perfect' is the correct tense to describe what I'm asking so I will illustrate.


I'm wanting to say "it would have (insert tense here) you, to have acted differently.

Is the correct tense here of 'behoove', 'behooven' or 'behooved'.


I hope this make sense.
Ant_222   Wed Jan 24, 2007 10:31 pm GMT
Here's my opinion of a non-native speaker:

1. It would have behoved you to act otherwise.
Jim   Thu Jan 25, 2007 3:49 am GMT
The term you're looking for would be "past participle" & it's "behoved"/"behooved".
Lazar   Thu Jan 25, 2007 11:28 pm GMT
<<I'm not sure if 'past perfect' is the correct tense to describe what I'm asking so I will illustrate.>>

I think the tense that you're using in your example would be the conditional perfect tense.

<<Is the correct tense here of 'behoove', 'behooven' or 'behooved'.>>

The past participle is "behooved".
Uriel   Sat Jan 27, 2007 8:41 am GMT
Behooved. I've never heard "behoved".