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Moon7296 Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
active ? passive?
A few witnesses maintained thatthe UFO was steered by miniature humanoid occupants. Many thousands of sightings have been made sice then, and many people claim to have been abducted by aliens and subjected to experimentation.
Q) Shouldn't the verb "claim" be passivised? "...and many people are claimed to have been abducted by aliens ...."
Q2) Can I also say "... many people claim that they have been abducted by aliens ...."?
Q3) If "many people" are just the ones who claim and those who are abducted are different from "many people" how should I form a sentence? In this case, can we still use to infinitive structure like the underlined?
Q) Shouldn't the verb "claim" be passivised? "...and many people are claimed to have been abducted by aliens ...."
Q2) Can I also say "... many people claim that they have been abducted by aliens ...."?
Q3) If "many people" are just the ones who claim and those who are abducted are different from "many people" how should I form a sentence? In this case, can we still use to infinitive structure like the underlined?
Top answer
1. No. The people claim something.
- 1.
- No.
- The people claim something.
- They tell us they were abducted and expect us to believe it.
- 2.
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1. No. The people claim something. They tell us they were abducted and expect us to believe it.
2. Yes.
3. I don't know what you mean.
2. Yes.
3. I don't know what you mean.
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moon7296If "many people" are just the ones who claim and those who are abducted are different from "many people" how should I form a sentence? In this case, can we still use to infinitive structure like the underlined?No. The implied subject of the infinitive must be the same as the subject of the main clause.
Many people claim to have been abduc
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