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New2grammar Posted 18 years ago
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is understood

0Paramedics put the man on a spinal board before he was transferred by helicopter to Southampton General Hospital.02br
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00The man, who has not been named, is understood to be suffering serious head and spine injuries.02br
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00Does "is understood" here imply the reporter was told about the condition by the paramedics or the reporter interpreted the sitiuation on his own?02br
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00Thanks in advance!0-
  

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1i 00is known to be, 02i 00but better01i 00: is presumed/assumed to be02i 02br 00we don't know more about the source 0-

  • 1i 00is known to be, 02i 00but better01i 00: is presumed/assumed to be02i 02br 00we don't know more about the source 0-
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1i00is known to be, 02i00but better01i00: is presumed/assumed to be02i02br
00we don't know more about the source 0-

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