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Anonymous Posted 21 years ago
Vocabulary
deemed
I think it is all right to say either:
"The contract is deemed to be fulfilled now."
or:
"The contract is deemed fulfilled now".
But I also see people write: "The contract is deemed as fulfilled."
This one seems correct. but it is a little bit grammatically confusing to me. I think "as" should be a preposition or conjunction but how could it be directly followed by "fulfilled". I think maybe it should be rephrased as "The contract is deemed as has been fulfilled". But I still cannot make grammatical analysis of this "The contract is deemed as has been fulfilled".
hope someone can help clarify all these staff!
"The contract is deemed to be fulfilled now."
or:
"The contract is deemed fulfilled now".
But I also see people write: "The contract is deemed as fulfilled."
This one seems correct. but it is a little bit grammatically confusing to me. I think "as" should be a preposition or conjunction but how could it be directly followed by "fulfilled". I think maybe it should be rephrased as "The contract is deemed as has been fulfilled". But I still cannot make grammatical analysis of this "The contract is deemed as has been fulfilled".
hope someone can help clarify all these staff!
Top answer
I don't like it, but deemed as + adjective (or any other word) seems to be abundant in current use. Here is the American Heritage Dictionary's opinion: "As is sometimes used superfluously to introduce the complements of verbs like consider, deem, and account, as in They considered it as one of the landmark decisions of the civil rights movement. The measure was deemed as unnecessary.
- I don't like it, but deemed as + adjective (or any other word) seems to be abundant in current use.
- Here is the American Heritage Dictionary's opinion: "As is sometimes used superfluously to introduce the complements of verbs like consider, deem, and account, as in They considered it as one of the landmark decisions of the civil rights movement.
- The measure was deemed as unnecessary.
- This usage may have arisen by analogy to regard and esteem, with which as is standardly used in this way: We regarded her as the best writer among us.
- " I would suggest following its suggestion; I shall.
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I don't like it, but deemed as + adjective (or any other word) seems to be abundant in current use. Here is the American Heritage Dictionary's opinion:
"As is sometimes used superfluously to introduce the complements of verbs like consider, deem, and account, as in They considered it as one of the landmark decisions of the civil rights movement. T
"As is sometimes used superfluously to introduce the complements of verbs like consider, deem, and account, as in They considered it as one of the landmark decisions of the civil rights movement. T
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