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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
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Police have much more paperwork than they're portrayed _________

a. as they have
b. as having it
c. as having
d. as have

Here, a is not correct? The answer sheet says only c is correct.

Can anyone explain why a is not correct while c is correct?
  

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Hi, The underlying structure is eg They are portrayed as + ( adjective or adjectival phrase) Thus, you can say eg They are portrayed as greedy eg They are portrayed as laughing. eg They are portrayed as having paperwork But not eg They are portrayed as they have paperwork... That's why you say the slightly more complicated Police have much more paperwork than they're portrayed as having.

— Clive

  • Hi, The underlying structure is eg They are portrayed as + ( adjective or adjectival phrase) Thus, you can say eg They are portrayed as greedy eg They are portrayed as laughing.
  • eg They are portrayed as having paperwork But not eg They are portrayed as they have paperwork...
  • That's why you say the slightly more complicated Police have much more paperwork than they're portrayed as having.
  • but not Police have much more paperwork than they're portrayed as they have.
  • In other words, the underlying structure is still the same as I have explained above.
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Hi,

The underlying structure is
eg They are portrayed as + ( adjective or adjectival phrase)

Thus, you can say
eg They are portrayed as greedy
eg They a
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