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Viceidol Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

"I don't believe such thing to exist." Is this sentence wrong?

1i00I don't 01b00believe02b00 01u00such thing02u00 01b01font00to exist02font02b00.02i02br
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00This sentence comes from my dictionary, but I found it kind of weird. I've ask other people they say that it should be "I don't believe such a thing exists." May I ask is it true that the above sentence is wrong/a bad sentence?02br
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01i00I 01b00believe02b00 01u00him02u00 01b01font00to have passed02font02b00 the exam.02i02br
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00This one comes from my another dictionary. I'm still doubtful about its correctness. If this is correct, then can I say "01i00I believe him 01b00to pass02b00 the exam.02i00"? (That's the same structure as the above one)02br
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00Please give me your opinion, thank you!!0-
  

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>>> 'to exist' at the end of sentence does not sounds good, 02i 02br 02br 01i 00It should be..... 02i 0-

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1i00I don't 01b00believe02b00 01u00such thing02u00 01b01font00to exist02font02b00.>>> 'to exist' at the end of sentence does not sounds good, 02i02br
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01cite10Viceidol12cite11i10I don't 11b10believe12b10 11u10such thing12u10 11b11font10to exist12font12b10.12i12br
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1b00I don't believe such thing to exist.02b02br
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00It is uncommon, but it's really not all that different from "I don't want this thing to exist." (different verb, different adjective) You can even let both these adjectives act as pronouns, and omit the "thing." "I don't want this to exist." "I don't want such to exist."02br
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0I think this is correct:02br
01b00I don't believe such thing to exist.02b02br
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00by Andrew Delano Abbott, Andrew Abbott - 05100 - 2001 - 248 pages02br
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00What matters is by no means the absolute level — were any
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01cite10Marius Hancu12cite11b10I don't believe such thing to exist.12b12br
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10I think it likes the subjunctive. - A.12br
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01cite10Marius Hancu12cite10I think this is correct:12br
11b10I don't believe such thing to exist.12b12br
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01cite10Marius Hancu12cite10were any 11b10such thing to exist12b12blo
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I believe that the correct way to say it would be "I believe he has passed the exam."

Also, it should be "such a thing exists"

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