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Norwolf Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

Believe & tomorrow

*I believe her to win tomorrow’s semi-final.

A grammar book tells me that the sentence doesn't mean: I believe that she will win tomorrow’s semi-final.
It confuses me very much.
Kindly help me.
Thank you in advance.
  

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The underlined sentence is grammatically incorrect. Where did you find it? Rover

— Rover_KE

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The underlined sentence is grammatically incorrect.

Where did you find it?

Rover
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Rover_KEThe underlined sentence is grammatically incorrect.
Of course, it is incorrect, as the book says.
But why? I cannot find the mistake.
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norwolfOf course, it is incorrect, as the book says.
There's no 'of course' about it. You did not mention that the book said it was incorrect, which is why Rover pointed out that it was.
norwolfBut why? I cannot find the mistake.
The mistake is that 'believe+object+ to- infinitive' is not used for a beli
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fivejedjonThere's no 'of course' about it. You did not mention that the book said it was incorrect, which is why Rover pointed out that it was.
The phrase "of course" seems to be a bit offensive to your native ear, right?. But I didn't mean any offense, corresponding to "yes, I couldn't agree with you more."
So as an old Chinese saying goes, conflict cause
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norwolfWould you please forgive me?
Emotion: shake hands

Rover
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norwolfWould you please forgive me?



As you clearly intended no offence, then there is nothing to be forgiven (except perhaps my thin skin.)


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fivejedjonThere's no 'of course' about it. You did not mention that the book said it was incorrect, which is why Rover pointed out that it was.
On the contrary. I disagree. The sentence is clearly marked with an initial asterisk, which is the standard symbol for indicating the grammatical incorrectness of any cited sentence. If I see a sentence marked that
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CalifJim The sentence is clearly marked with an initial asterisk, which is the standard symbol for indicating the grammatical incorrectness of any cited sentence.
Sorry.
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fivejedjonI was concentrating on ...
Right. These posts can get tricky when there are multiple issues, many of which the OP hasn't even thought about, all competing for attention!

Eventually, though, with multiple helpers answering the various aspects of the question, we get all the bases covered.
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The sentence is clearly marked with an initial asterisk, which is the standard symbol for indicating the grammatical incorrectness of any cited sentence.


I didn't know that.

We learn something new all the time
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