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Chan-Seung Lee
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 Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2007 4:57 am Post subject: certain |
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1.The police seem very certain that they found the culprits responsible for the attack.
2.The police seem very certain for them to find the culprits responsible for the attack.
3.The police seem very certain to find the culprits responsible for the attack.
4.The police seem very certain of having found the culprits responsible for the attack. |
Are those correct grammatically?
If so, what's the difference among them?
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CP
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1.The police seem very certain that they found the culprits responsible for the attack.
--They appear certain now that they have already found the guilty parties. Grammatical, but I would write it, "that they have found" rather than "that they found."
2.The police seem very certain for them to find the culprits responsible for the attack.
--Ungrammatical.
3.The police seem very certain to find the culprits responsible for the attack.
--They appear to believe that they will find the guilty parties in the future. Grammatical.
4.The police seem very certain of having found the culprits responsible for the attack.
--They appear certain now that they have already found the guilty parties. Grammatical.
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