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Fatimah0786 Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

Usage of claimed

Which is correct, "She claimed the child as her own", or "She claimed the child to be her own"
  

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Both are OK. The meanings are different.

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Both are OK. The meanings are different.
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Thanks for answering. Could you tell me what these sentences mean?
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fatimah0786 "She claimed the child as her own"
She claimed the child because it was hers.
fatimah0786"She claimed the child to be her own"
She said that the child was hers.
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To me:

She claimed the child as her own. The child was not hers, but she treated it as if it were.

She claimed the child to be her own. She said that she was the mother of the child.
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The second is not very natural to me whatever it's supposed to mean.
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I also read in a magazine this sentence: "Her claim to fame was a pop song"
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'Claim to fame' is a fixed phrase meaning 'reason for being famous'.
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