Is "to be" okay here?
The result was that the subjects who were either told nothing or positive information felt the odor to be weaker as time passed.
Shouldn't "to be" be used as just "be" (or dropped out altogether), with "feel" being a verb of perception?
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shcho23 Shouldn't "to be" be used as just "be" (or dropped out altogether), with "feel" being a verb of perception? No, but you have a worse problem. The result was that the subjects who were either told nothing or given positive information felt the odor to be weaker as time passed.
- shcho23 Shouldn't "to be" be used as just "be" (or dropped out altogether), with "feel" being a verb of perception?
- No, but you have a worse problem.
- The result was that the subjects who were either told nothing or given positive information felt the odor to be weaker as time passed.
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shcho23Shouldn't "to be" be used as just "be" (or dropped out altogether), with "feel" being a verb of perception?
No, but you have a worse problem.
The result was that the subjects who were either told nothing or given positive information felt the odor to be weaker as time passed.
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