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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

Grammar Help

Hi everyone,

Please help on the followings:

1. The shepherd was shocked because he trusted the wolf would take care of and not eat his sheep, but he was wrong.

2. The shepherd was shocked because he trusted the wolf to take care of and not eat his sheep, but he was wrong.

Which of the sentences is grammatical ? Please Help.

Thank you.
  

Top answer

They are both grammatical. (1) has an omitted "that": "... ".

— GPY

  • They are both grammatical.
  • (1) has an omitted "that": "...
  • ".
  • While it is legitimate to omit "that", I would prefer to include it.
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They are both grammatical.

(1) has an omitted "that": "... he trusted that the wolf would ...". While it is legitimate to omit "that", I would prefer to include it.
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Thank you.

Would you explain on the type of constructions each of the sentences uses.

For instance :

a. In 1) Why "trust" does not need an object ?

b. Whereas in 2), "the wolf" is the object of trust. Am I correct ?

c. Is "trust" in 1) used intransitively, whereas in 2) it's used transitively ?

Thank you.
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Anonymousa. In 1) Why "trust" does not need an object ?
The pattern is "to trust that ..." with "that" omitted, as I mentioned. It is open to debate whether "trust" is transitive with a that-clause (or reduced that-clause) as its object, or whether the structure is explained in some other way. This question, which applies to many other verbs too, has been disc
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Thank you very much, GPY.
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