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I've heard Many wise men to have learned a lot of things from books.
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Acbeat I've heard Many wise men to have learned a lot of things from books. The pattern "hear someone to do something" is incorrect. Also, the word "many" should not be capitalised.
- Acbeat I've heard Many wise men to have learned a lot of things from books.
- The pattern "hear someone to do something" is incorrect.
- Also, the word "many" should not be capitalised.
- This is correct English: I've heard (that) many wise men have learned a lot of things from books.
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AcbeatI've heard Many wise men to have learned a lot of things from books.
The pattern "hear someone to do something" is incorrect. Also, the word "many" should not be capitalised. This is correct English:
I've heard (that) many wise men have learned a lot of things from books.
0AcbeatI've heard many wise men to have learned a lot of things from books.
This grammatical structure is exceedingly rare. I don't know of any cases with the main verb "hear", but after much research I did find one sentence with this pattern: His superiors reviewed the dashcam video and found him to have done nothing wrong.
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