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b) the verbs denoting
mental activity,
such as
to know, to think, to
con sider, to believe, to suppose, to expect, to imagine, to find, to feel, to
trust,
etc.
After verbs of mental activity in the Objective-with-the-Infinitive
Construction the verb
to be
is generally used. (This restriction does not
apply to the verb
to expect.)
The use of this construction after most verbs
of mental activity is more characteristic of literary than of colloquial
style.
I know
you to be the most honest, spotless creature
that ever lived
(Hardy).
Я знаю,
что вы самое честное и безупречное существо
из
всех, когда-либо живших на свете.
c) The verbs of
declaring:
to pronounce, to declare, to report.
She declared
him to be the most disobedient child in existence
.
Она
заявила,
что это самый непослушный ребенок на свете
.
d) The verbs denoting
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