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Wangqh2696122 Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

You can't imagine /You can't believe

Should we say "You can't imagine what kind of sufferings he's been through." or "You can't imagine what kind of sufferings he's been through." ? Thanks.
  

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They look the same to me.
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Oh, sorry. The second one is: You can't believe what kind of sufferings he's been through."
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wangqh2696122Should we say "You can't imagine what kind of sufferings he's been through." or "You can't imagine what kind of sufferings he's been through." ? Thanks.
From the semantics of the two sentences, "what" may be incorrect. I think these are the intended possibilities:
You can
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"imagine" is to experience in your mind, . and "believe" is to accept something as true. There is a difference in meaning, but casually, you will hear both used for something that is difficult to imagine or believe.

Also, "suffering" is probably better used as a non-count noun.
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wangqh2696122Should we say "You can't imagine what kind of sufferings he's been through." or "You can't believe what kind of sufferings he's been through." ? Thanks.
I guess here you want to show your surprise at the sufferings of somebody?
If so, both "You can't imagine..." and "You can't believe..." are perfect
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