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Chenyincheng Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

To deem sth. as + adj.

Hi all

Is it correct to say "to deem sth. as + adj.", for example, a profession deemed by many as menial and bizarre?

I looked up the word 'deem' in a number of dictionaries and found no reference to the above usage but I think the pattern is widely used... perhaps??

So what's your take on this?

Thanks in advance.
  

Top answer

Yes, it's perfectly correct and quite common.

— DMW

  • Yes, it's perfectly correct and quite common.
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Yes, it's perfectly correct and quite common.
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DMWYes, it's perfectly correct and quite common.
That must be a New Zealand thing. Of some 1500 'deem' citations in the British National Corpus there were fewer than a dozen with 'as'.
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Wow, fivejedjon, that amazes me. Maybe the original poster could tell us where this quotation came from?
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DMW, I wrote it myself. I had doubts when I wrote it so I thought I would post the question here just to be sure it is grammatically correct.

fivejedjon, how would a British English speaker say it?

1. ...a profession deemed by many menial and bizarre.
2. ...a profession deemed by many to be menial and bizarre.
3. ...a profession deemed by many a
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What I remember is , "a decision deemed appropriate by many".. anyway, in many a situation, I found that the use of English should be dictated by past reference (often in dictionaries/ novels) or media for any new , emerging use.
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chenyincheng how would a British English speaker say it?1. ...a profession deemed by many menial and bizarre.2. ...a profession deemed by many to be menial and bizarre.3. ...a profession deemed by many as menial and bizarre.
#2 is fine; #1 is possible, but would be more natural with 'by many' at the end. #2 is not very unnatural.
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Thank you all for your replies. Emotion: big smile
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