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Fatimah0786 Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

Difference between 'led to believe and 'made to believe'

What is the difference between 'led to believe and 'made to believe'?
Eg.,1.She was led to believe that the TV cameras, shooting for a local news channel, had been turned off which is when she turned on the act".
2."She just leads people into believing that she is silly".

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She was led to believe This is a common expression . She was deceived, by someone deliberately or by herself misinterpreting the situation. She was made to believe This is not a common expression.

— Clive

  • She was led to believe This is a common expression .
  • She was deceived, by someone deliberately or by herself misinterpreting the situation.
  • She was made to believe This is not a common expression.
  • The speaker probably means that she was deceived.
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She was led to believe
This is a common expression.

She was deceived, by someone deliberately or by herself misinterpreting the situation.

She was made to believe
This is not a
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Thanks for answering. Is 'led to believe' same as 'setting up someone'?
Eg.,"Why is it so easy to set her up?"
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Yes. If it is done deliberately.
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But you said that 'lead someone to believe' can also be deliberate. So what is the difference between 'setting someone up' and 'lead someone to believe'?

Thanks.
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Setting someone up suggests more that you are getting someone ready for some kind of scam or trick; that will happen at some future point.

eg Tom led Mary to believe he loved her. Then he just went away forever,

eg Fred set Jane up by convincing her that he
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