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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
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"With criminal investigations in the US and Switzerland continuing, and Fifa's 'victim status' in the eyes of the US Department of Justice thought to be dependent on a crucial package of reforms being implemented, Infantino knows the organisation he now leads - along with its regional confederations - must now prove it has moved on from the era dominated by Blatter and Platini - or its very existence could be on the line." (BBC website.)

Does "thought" refer to Fifa's 'victim status' in the above context?
  

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"thought" is a participle, not a noun. Fifa's 'victim status' was thought (believed) to be dependent on a crucial package of reforms

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  • "thought" is a participle, not a noun.
  • Fifa's 'victim status' was thought (believed) to be dependent on a crucial package of reforms
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"thought" is a participle, not a noun.

Fifa's 'victim status' was thought (believed) to be dependent on a crucial package of reforms
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GPY"thought" is a participle, not a noun.Fifa's 'victim status' was thought (believed) to be dependent on a crucial package of reforms
Thank you for the reply.

I understand that the verb phrase "thought (believed) to be dependent on a crucial package of reforms" as a complement adjectivally refers to Fifa's 'victim status' in "Fifa's 'victim status' w
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