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Scw72 Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
Felt him convicted
Hi all,
Can anyone see if the following sentences are correct (grammatically and semantically)?
She felt her son convicted by the media before he even went to trial.
When I posted a quesion related to this sentence, some said that this sentence would be possible.
So I just want to know if any other native speakers agree to the judgement?
Thank you!
SCW
Can anyone see if the following sentences are correct (grammatically and semantically)?
She felt her son convicted by the media before he even went to trial.
When I posted a quesion related to this sentence, some said that this sentence would be possible.
So I just want to know if any other native speakers agree to the judgement?
Thank you!
SCW
Top answer
The problem you are having is that the felt goes with she and the convicted goes with her son , and so you can not say She felt convicted by the media... As a result you have to put her son into a subordinate something (clause, whatever) to keep the to verbs separate. Also, the way you have it written is an elliptical construction, which is perfectly acceptable, but I think it confused you in verb usage.
- The problem you are having is that the felt goes with she and the convicted goes with her son , and so you can not say She felt convicted by the media...
- As a result you have to put her son into a subordinate something (clause, whatever) to keep the to verbs separate.
- Also, the way you have it written is an elliptical construction, which is perfectly acceptable, but I think it confused you in verb usage.
- What you want to say is: She felt (that) her son was convicted by the media...
- The that subordinates her son was convicted , and you need the was because it needs to be past perfect tense.
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The problem you are having is that the felt goes with she and the convicted goes with her son, and so you can not say She felt convicted by the media... As a result you have to put her son into a subordinate something (clause, whatever) to keep the to verbs separate. Also, the way you have it written is an elliptical construction, which is perfectly acceptable,
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Hi,
She felt her son convicted by the media before he even went to trial.
When I posted a quesion related to this sentence, some said that this sentence would be possible.
So I just want to know if any other native speakers agree to the judgement?
It's fine.
Clive
She felt her son convicted by the media before he even went to trial.
When I posted a quesion related to this sentence, some said that this sentence would be possible.
So I just want to know if any other native speakers agree to the judgement?
It's fine.
Clive
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