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Jigneshbharati Posted 10 years ago
Grammar
To be
I read the following example on online corpus( COCA):
I knew you were never as good as you pretended to be.
Why do we need "be" here? Please explain to me it's use. Thanks in advance.
I knew you were never as good as you pretended to be.
Why do we need "be" here? Please explain to me it's use. Thanks in advance.
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Jigneshbharati Why do we need "be" here? You pretended to be good. "to be" is a linking verb connecting to "good".
- Jigneshbharati Why do we need "be" here?
- You pretended to be good.
- "to be" is a linking verb connecting to "good".
- In the quoted sentence, however, "good" comes before "pretended" because it is the basis of the comparison.
- CJ
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JigneshbharatiWhy do we need "be" here?You pretended to be good. "to be" is a linking verb connecting to "good". In the quoted sentence, however, "good" comes before "pretended" because it is the basis of the comparison.
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