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Jigneshbharati Posted 10 years ago
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"To safeguard himself he moves around with his personal security. That's it. Arnab finds the whole debate that has opened up on whether he deserves governmental security to be very amusing," the friend added.
I read it on the Times of India.com. Why do we need " to be" and not "is"? I do get confused by this as to be can be is, am, was, ....
I read it on the Times of India.com. Why do we need " to be" and not "is"? I do get confused by this as to be can be is, am, was, ....
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Jigneshbharati Why do we need " to be" and not "is"? You have a sentence with an object complement. These are introduced by "as" or "to be" or by no connector at all, depending on the verb, but never "is" or any other form of be .
- Jigneshbharati Why do we need " to be" and not "is"?
- You have a sentence with an object complement.
- These are introduced by "as" or "to be" or by no connector at all, depending on the verb, but never "is" or any other form of be .
- The verb "find" can take "to be" or no connector.
- Arnab finds this debate object very amusing object complement .
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JigneshbharatiWhy do we need " to be" and not "is"?You have a sentence with an object complement. These are introduced by "as" or "to be" or by no connector at all, depending on the verb, but never "is" or any other form of be.
The verb "find" can take "to be" or no connector.
Arnab finds this debateobject very
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