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Jandi Posted 21 years ago
Grammar
Assure
Hello, teachers!
Can we omit 'of' here?
- He assured me (of) its success.
Thank you very much.
Can we omit 'of' here?
- He assured me (of) its success.
Thank you very much.
Top answer
"assure [someone] of [something]" No. The "of" has to be there!
- "assure [someone] of [something]" No.
- The "of" has to be there!
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Thanks, Jim!
Let me ask one more question!
- Her doctor has assured us that she'll be fine.
Here, is the that-clause adverbial or nominal? I think it's adverbial. Can we think of it as a nominal, too?
Thank you very much.
Let me ask one more question!
- Her doctor has assured us that she'll be fine.
Here, is the that-clause adverbial or nominal? I think it's adverbial. Can we think of it as a nominal, too?
Thank you very much.
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Jandi,
To tell the truth, I'm not very good at giving names to such structures. I'm not sure it adds anything to the learners' ability to handle English anyway.
Nevertheless, we can ask "What has the doctor assured us?", so it would have to be a nominal in my opinion, because the nominal "what" can substitute for it.
I don't feel it's adverbial because an adverbial would tell h
To tell the truth, I'm not very good at giving names to such structures. I'm not sure it adds anything to the learners' ability to handle English anyway.
Nevertheless, we can ask "What has the doctor assured us?", so it would have to be a nominal in my opinion, because the nominal "what" can substitute for it.
I don't feel it's adverbial because an adverbial would tell h
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