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Vsuresh Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

said to visit

Hi
Please help me with this.
He is said to visit this place this evening.
Is this expression common among natives?
Does this mean people think so(that he is going to visit)?
  

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He is said to visit this place this evening. 'Said to' is rather formal and is used for reporting habit, character or condition, so it sounds very odd in your sentence, which records only one instance. Compare yours with this much more natural example: He is said to visit this place every evening.

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  • He is said to visit this place this evening.
  • 'Said to' is rather formal and is used for reporting habit, character or condition, so it sounds very odd in your sentence, which records only one instance.
  • Compare yours with this much more natural example: He is said to visit this place every evening.
  • Yes, we would therefore expect him to visit this place this evening also.
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He is said to visit this place this evening.

'Said to' is rather formal and is used for reporting habit, character or condition, so it sounds very odd in your sentence, which records only one instance. Compare yours with this much more natural example:

He is said to visit this place every evening.

Yes, we would therefore expect him to visit this pla
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Thank you, Sir.

Suresh
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vsureshHe is said to visit this place this evening.
It is a present rumor about the future. It is a very uncommon way to say this:
It is rumored (said) that he will visit this place this evening.

I can't remember hearing this type of sentence, even though it is grammatically OK.

A more common expression would be describing an action in t
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Thank you very much AlpheccaStars

Suresh
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