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mohamedthabet
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@Bruce,
You say :"I want nobody else be told about the bonus" is not correct.
If you mean we should add "to" before "be", I will have to agree with you.
If you mean to refuse the whole structure (passive here), then I need some explanation. |
24 Mar 2014
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abba
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The thing is that I was thinking about the structure "want sth done" but I �m not very sure if it �s correct here in this context. |
24 Mar 2014
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cunliffe
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I don �t want anybody told.... I want nobody told... |
24 Mar 2014
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abba
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Is then a set expression? |
24 Mar 2014
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cunliffe
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Yes. �I want nobody told about..... � or �I want nobody telling about ... � are quite normal expressions. |
24 Mar 2014
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yanogator
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Yes, mohamed, it needs "to". Bruce |
24 Mar 2014
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