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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

Understood widely

Is it correct to say "understood widely to mean"? Is this correct?
Shhhhh is understood widely to mean be quiet.

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I think you're merging two expressions. "... " and "...

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  • I think you're merging two expressions.
  • "...
  • " and "...
  • " Anonymous Sh h is understood widely to mean be quiet .
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I think you're merging two expressions.
"... is understood to mean ..."
and
"... is widely understood."
Anonymous Shh is understood widely to mean be quiet.
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I'd write it thus.

"Shhsh!" is widely understood to mean "Be quiet!"
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Anonymousis understood widely
Though neither is grammatically incorrect, according to Google Ngrams "is widely understood" is used about 50 times more often than "is understood widely".

CJ
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