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Lcchang Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

claim/ claim to

0The government is sending a team of agronomists to remote areas to look into cooperative farming techniques that the peasants claim have greatly improved their crop yields.02br
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00I think the word "to" is missing in the sentence above. 02br
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00The government is sending a team of agronomists to remote areas to look into cooperative farming techniques that the peasants claim 01font00to02font00 have greatly improved their crop yields.02br
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00Am I correct? Please advise.0-
  

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0I don't think you need "to" here. The second part of the sentence means: ".... " 0-

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  • 0I don't think you need "to" here.
  • The second part of the sentence means: "....
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0I don't think you need "to" here. The second part of the sentence means:  ".... the peasants claim that the cooperative farming techniques have greatly improved their crop yields." 0-
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0Thanks for the explanation. However, I still would like to say what I think of this sentence. Here is my two cents:02br
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00The government is sending a team of agronomists to remote areas to look into cooperative farming techniques 01font00that02font00 01font00the peasants claim02font0
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0I have another thought. How about... 02br
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00The government is sending a team of agronomists to remote areas to look into cooperative farming techniques that the peasants claim01font00 that they02font00 have greatly improved their crop yields.02br
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00Does this sound better? I am still confused with the
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