Is it correct?

I believe it is appropriate that I record my view and that your client should have expressed dissatisfaction via the normal channels.

A friend has told me that we can see<I record my view and that is your client should have expressed dissatisfaction> as
<I record my view ,and my view is: your client should have expressed dissatisfaction>.

Is he correct?

Also,can we see <I believe it appropriate that> as <I believe it which is appropriate that>?

A friend has told me that we can see<I record my view and that is your client should have expressed dissatisfaction> as
<I record my view ,and my view is: your client should have expressed dissatisfaction>.

I don't think so. In that case, there would be no 'and':

Mister Micawber,could you please tell me why in that case there would be no <and>.

Because it makes no sense structurally if the meaning is as you suggested. I gave you a revised sentence without the 'and'-- compare them.

Mister MicawberI believe it is appropriate that I record my view and that your client should have expressed dissatisfaction via the normal channels.

Somehow, this sentence is not making sense.

N. Jain

"I believe it appropriate that..." sounds perfectly OK to me. There is no need to add "is". Unfortunately I can't tell you why but if you Google the phrase "I believe it appropriate that" you will find many examples. You will also find "I believe it's appropriate that", which doesn't quite sound right to me. But maybe it's dependent on context.

In my head I am seeing "I believe it (to be

(One of the problems of being a native English speaker is that you never actually get taught all the subtler nuances of grammar. You just "pick it up as you go along". So many things will "seem right" but I can't explain why.)

Any suggestions?