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Parochial Orphan Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

"believe A to do something"

0I quite often heard people saying "believe A to be ...." (e.g. The judge believed him to be innocent).02br
00An object, followed by the phrase "to be", is placed after the verb "believe".02br
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00The question is, can we use "to do something" instead of "to be"? For example,02br
01font00 "I believe our school team to win the championship game." 02br
00" I was disappointed to hear that our scool team, which I believed to win the championship game, lost in their first round."02font02br
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00Are these sentences acceptable?0-
  

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0 No, I don't think we can use "believe" with "to do something" instead of "to be". 02br 00- I was disappointed to hear that our school team, which I believed would/could win.... 0-

— Annvan

  • 0 No, I don't think we can use "believe" with "to do something" instead of "to be".
  • 02br 00- I was disappointed to hear that our school team, which I believed would/could win....
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0 No, I don't think we can use "believe" with "to do something" instead of "to be". So, with those last two sentences you could say:02br
00- I believe our school team will/could/might win the championship game.02br
00- I was disappointed to hear that our school team, which I believed would/could win.... 0-
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