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Rephrasing
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barbario
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Rephrasing
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Hi everyone. Hope you had a wonderful Christmas and also wishing you a very Happy New Year all around the sun. Well, I �ve got a question. It �s about personal passive with modals. The sentence is: "People think he should have finished his studies." and the new sentence starts with: "He...." My answer is: "He �s thought to have finished his studies." But the more I look at it, the more I think is a different meaning. Could anyone help me please? |
30 Dec 2016
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yanogator
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You are right that "He is thought to have finished his studies" definitely has a different meaning. There really isn �t a good way to change this sentence starting with "He". The impersonal passive, "It is thought that he should have finished his studies" works fine. The best I can come up with is "He is thought to be in need of having finished his studies", which is very awkward. Bruce |
30 Dec 2016
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barbario
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Thanks a lot for your answer Bruce. Now it is clear. |
30 Dec 2016
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