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Andrei Posted 21 years ago
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Demand to step down

0 However, witnesses said troops opened fire on unarmed civilians. Some said they had seen at least 200 bodies. 02br
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00The government said it was back in control of the city on Saturday, and had retaken administrative buildings. 02br
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00But huge crowds were on the streets, shouting "killers, murderers" and demanding the president step down. 02br
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00"What kind of government is this?" one of the protesters said to the Associated Press. 02br
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00It is incorrect to write 'people demand the president step down. 02br
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00It should be 'people demand the president to step down'. 02br
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00Am I wrong? 0230hrefhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4546673.stm
  

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0 I think it should be "demanding the president's step-down". 02br 02br 00The verb "demand" can be used in a construct 02br 00 "demand something" or 02br 00 "demand to do" or 02br 00 "demand (of a person) that s/he should do". 02br 02br 00There is not such a usage like "demand a person do/to do".

— Paco2004

  • 0 I think it should be "demanding the president's step-down".
  • 02br 02br 00The verb "demand" can be used in a construct 02br 00 "demand something" or 02br 00 "demand to do" or 02br 00 "demand (of a person) that s/he should do".
  • 02br 02br 00There is not such a usage like "demand a person do/to do".
  • 02br 02br 00paco 0-
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0 I think it should be "demanding the president's step-down". 02br
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00The verb "demand" can be used in a construct 02br
00 "demand something" or 02br
00 "demand to do" or 02br
00 "demand (of a person) that s/he should do". 02br
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00There is not such a usage like "demand a person do/to do". 02
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0 Andrei and Paco -- I think it should really be "people demand THAT the president step down," and in casual (or sloppy) speech people might omit the "that." "Peopel demand the president's resignation" would be okay, but "the president's step-down" does not wsound natural to me. "Demand the president to step down" doesn't sound quite right either. I don't know why they are not parallel, but I
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0 Hello Khoff 02br
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00 I think it should really be "people demand THAT the president step down," and in casual (or sloppy) speech people might omit the "that."12blockquote
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00I see! Certainly it must be so. 02br
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