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tireks

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Turkish
We've just had a new computer system ---- at work.

A) install
B) to install
C) installing
D) having been installed
E) installed

I think E is the only correct answer. What do you think?
E is certainly the correct answer expected in a test.

If we had to install the computer ourselves, then B would be OK.
We've just had a new computer system to install at work.
But that is not likely to be considered a correct answer.
I agree with panjandrum about E.

I also agree with panjandrum about the context within which B could be correct. I think, though, that it would be worded differently (at least in AE), like:
We have a new computer system to install at work.
or
We've just gotten a new computer system to install at work.
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