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Khoshtip Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
have been and was
Tom, who was considered to be one the greatest scientist wrote the book X.
Can we replace was with had been or something else in that sentence please?
Can we replace was with had been or something else in that sentence please?
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Tom, who was considered to be one of the greatest scientist s, w rote the book X. More so than "was considered", "had been considered" may suggest that he was no longer so considered after he wrote the book. With "had been considered" (especially) I would be tempted to delete "to be" to remove the faintly awkward or verbose-seeming "had been ...
- Tom, who was considered to be one of the greatest scientist s, w rote the book X.
- More so than "was considered", "had been considered" may suggest that he was no longer so considered after he wrote the book.
- With "had been considered" (especially) I would be tempted to delete "to be" to remove the faintly awkward or verbose-seeming "had been ...
- to be" combination.
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Tom, who was considered to be one of the greatest scientists, wrote the book X.
More so than "was considered", "had been considered" may suggest that he was no longer so considered after he wrote the book. With "had been considered" (especially) I would be tempted to delete "to be" to remove the faintly awkward or verbose-seeming "had been ... to be" combination.
More so than "was considered", "had been considered" may suggest that he was no longer so considered after he wrote the book. With "had been considered" (especially) I would be tempted to delete "to be" to remove the faintly awkward or verbose-seeming "had been ... to be" combination.
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GPY"had been considered" may suggest that he was no longer so considered after he wrote the book.Thanks for your opinion.
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