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Tufguy Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

She claims to have studied at a reputed school.

She claims to have studied at a reputed school.

She claims to have been to a reputed school.

She claims to have visited London several times.

She claims her children to have studied at Oxford university.

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tufguy She claims to have studied at a reputed reputable school. She claims to have been to a reputed reputable school. Correct as shown above.

  • tufguy She claims to have studied at a reputed reputable school.
  • She claims to have been to a reputed reputable school.
  • Correct as shown above.
  • Here's a usage note from the Merriam-Webster dictionary.
  • Reputed is easy to confuse with reputable, and they used to mean the same thing—that is, "having a good reputation"—but it's become rare to hear reputed used with that meaning today.
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tufguyShe claims to have studied at a reputed reputable school. She claims to have been to a reputed reputable school.
Correct as shown above. Here's a usage note from the Merriam-Webster dictionary.
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Reputed is eas
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She claims that her children studied at Oxford university.
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tufguyShe claims that her children studied at Oxford university.
Fine.
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