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Stenka25 Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
He is easy to deceive vs He is easy to be deceived
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In the book, "Guide to Patterns and Usage in English," the below sentences are shown as examples for the syntax of special adjectives, such as easy, difficult, hard, safe, dangerous.
(Hornby, Guide to Patterns and Usage in English, ch3. 71)
1. He is easy to deceive.
[He is both the subject of the sentence and the object of "to deceive."]
2. He is easy to be deceived.
[He is the subject of "to be deceived."]
?If the above is possible, are the below sentences also possible?
1. The beliefs are more difficult to replace.
2. The beliefs are more difficult to be replaced.
?One more question, can the sentence without "to be" also possible?
3. The beliefs are more difficult (to be) replaced.
In the book, "Guide to Patterns and Usage in English," the below sentences are shown as examples for the syntax of special adjectives, such as easy, difficult, hard, safe, dangerous.
(Hornby, Guide to Patterns and Usage in English, ch3. 71)
1. He is easy to deceive.
[He is both the subject of the sentence and the object of "to deceive."]
2. He is easy to be deceived.
[He is the subject of "to be deceived."]
?If the above is possible, are the below sentences also possible?
1. The beliefs are more difficult to replace.
2. The beliefs are more difficult to be replaced.
?One more question, can the sentence without "to be" also possible?
3. The beliefs are more difficult (to be) replaced.
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Stenka25 2. He is easy to be deceived. If the above is possible ...
- Stenka25 2.
- He is easy to be deceived.
- If the above is possible ...
- I would not say that it is possible.
- I don't think I've ever heard anyone say that.
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Stenka252. He is easy to be deceived.I would not say that it is possible. I don't think I've ever heard anyone say that. However, you can write:
[He is the subject of "to be deceived."]
?If the above is possible ...
He is easily deceived.
Stenka251. The beliefs are more difficult to replac
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