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Tara2 Posted 7 years ago
Grammar

It is expected/intended

Why is "expected" wrong, please?

"It is ...to employ 500 people in the factory. (expected/intended)

  

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to employ 500 people in the factory. (expected/intended) These do not work. Active voice: The subject of the main clause and non-finite clause are the same.

  • to employ 500 people in the factory.
  • (expected/intended) These do not work.
  • Active voice: The subject of the main clause and non-finite clause are the same.
  • They expect to employ 500 people in the factory.
  • They intend to employ 500 people in the factory.
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Tara2"It is ...to employ 500 people in the factory. (expected/intended)

These do not work.

Active voice: The subject of the main clause and non-finite clause are the same.

They expect to employ 500 people in the factory.
They intend to employ 500 people in the factory.

Passive voice: The full complement clause is required. The subject

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Tara2

Why is "expected" wrong, please?

"It is ...to employ 500 people in the factory. (expected/intended)

It's not wrong. I found the following online.

The plant will be located on 300 acres northeast of Austin. It is expected to employ 1,000 workers.


That's a really bad question, by the way. I can't see why anyone woul

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