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Jigneshbharati Posted 7 years ago
Grammar

To be the most

Former US secretary of defence Jim Mattis considers Pakistan to be the most dangerous of all the countries he has dealt with...
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Jim Mattis on Pakistan: Most dangerous country I have dealt with - Times of India
Please explain the use "to be" in "to be the most...
If we remove , would the sentence still be grammatical and without any change of meaning?

  

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Jigneshbharati Please explain the use "to be" in "to be the most... It is an optional element, so the meaning is the same if you omit it. The verb consider allows this.

  • Jigneshbharati Please explain the use "to be" in "to be the most...
  • It is an optional element, so the meaning is the same if you omit it.
  • The verb consider allows this.
  • For more about this construction and other verbs like consider , see .
  • CJ
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JigneshbharatiPlease explain the use "to be" in "to be the most...

It is an optional element, so the meaning is the same if you omit it. The verb consider allows this. For more about this construction and other verbs like consider, see .

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