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FatimaSaboor123 Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

To be and were.

Can you explain what this sentence means?

He knew the tapes to be counterfeits. Does this sentence mean the same as 'He knew the tapes were counterfeits.'?

Please, tell the difference.

P.S. I know what 'counterfeit' means.

  

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FatimaSaboor123Does this sentence mean the same as 'He knew the tapes were counterfeits.'?

Yes.

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FatimaSaboor123He knew (that) the tapes were counterfeits.

The subordinate clause is a finite clause.

FatimaSaboor123He knew the tapes to be counterfeits.

The subordinate clause is a non-finite clause.

A small number of verbs allow this non-finite construction.

CJ

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