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Doll Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

difference between "consider" and "consider to"

Hello everyone,

Is there any difference between the following sentences?

They considered him a fool.
They considered him to be a fool.

Similar structure:
His lawyers proved him innocent.
His lawyers proved him to be innocent.

I couldn't find any diffrence.

Thanks in advance.Emotion: smile

  

Top answer

Hi, Is there any difference between the following sentences? They considered him a fool. They considered him to be a fool.

— Clive

  • Hi, Is there any difference between the following sentences?
  • They considered him a fool.
  • They considered him to be a fool.
  • There's often no difference intended.
  • However, here are some comments.
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Hi,

Is there any difference between the following sentences?

They considered him a fool.
They considered him to be a fool.

There's often no difference intended. However, here are some comments.

They considered him to be a fool. This refers to the time of 'considering'. eg Look
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There are six patterns involving a predicate complement of the object. The complement can be a noun phrase (NP) or an adjective phrase ( AP).

NP V NP NP | NP V NP AP
NP V NP to be NP | NP V NP to be AP
NP V NP as NP | NP V NP as AP

The same verb can often take more than one of these patterns with no change of meaning. But exactly wh
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Thanks Clive and CJ for your answers. They were really helpful. I should find a picture for them to remember now. Emotion: smile
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