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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
Grammar
Seen to be / do
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Do you think that there is any possibility that be seen to be given in (1) can be used with perceptual meaning ?
1. He was seen to be an impostor.
Do you think that there is any possibility that be seen to be given in (1) can be used with perceptual meaning ?
1. He was seen to be an impostor.
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1. He was seen to be an impostor. 2.
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- He was seen to be an impostor.
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- He was shown to be an imposter.
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1. He was seen to be an impostor.
2. He was shown to be an imposter.
3. He was thought to be an imposter.
All can take the past participle of the verb and all are correct.
John
2. He was shown to be an imposter.
3. He was thought to be an imposter.
All can take the past participle of the verb and all are correct.
John
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AnonymousDo you think that there is any possibility that be seen to be given in (1) can be used with perceptual meaning ? 1. He was seen to be an impostor.Yes, of course. People saw through his disguise.
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In the sentence, "he was seen to be an imposter", I thought that "see" means "regard" or "view".
Am I wrong?
Am I wrong?
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Listen, Anon. You have been posting on this same topic for weeks now, it seems to me. It can mean 'regard', as you have been told before, but it can just as easily or more easily simply mean 'see with the eyes'. It would be difficult to regard an imposter without seeing him, wouldn't it? For an exercise, why don't you try constructing a context full enough to ensure that 'see' means 'understan
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