Do you know him to have gone abroad two days ago?

[shatilof]

I have been doing some exercises on Complex Object and came across the following sentences which looked quite strange to me:

Do you know him to have gone abroad two days ago?
She could hardly believe him to have been rescued.

Does it sound English?
Thank you in advance.

 

[Tarheel]

I have been doing some exercises on Complex Object and came across the following sentences which looked quite strange to me:


Do you know him to have gone abroad two days ago?

She could hardly believe him to have been rescued.


Does it sound English?

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They seem very strange.

 

[tedmc]

I have been doing some exercises on Complex Object and came across the following sentences which looked quite strange to me:


Do you know him to have gone abroad two days ago? Either one could have gone abroad.

She could hardly believe him to have been rescued. Either one could have been rescued.


Does it sound Are they correct English?

Thank you in advance.

They don't make sense.

 

[jutfrank]

Yes, this is formal English, so it will sound strange and unnatural to a lot of people.

 

[tedmc]

Yes, this is formal English, so it will sound strange and unnatural to a lot of people.

Do the two sentences make sense though?

 

[Tarheel]

Yes, this is formal English, so it will sound strange and unnatural to a lot of people.

I'm not sure what that means. But I'm not sure what what formal English is either. Is it something you can understand?

 

[Rover_KE]

I have been doing some exercises on Complex Object and came across the following sentences ...

Where did you find these sentences? Please name the source and author.

I would have expected the author to have begun with the simplest form of complex object:

I gave her a kiss.

 

[shatilof]

Where did you find these sentences? Please name the source and author.

I would have expected the author to have begun with the simplest form of complex object:

I gave her a kiss.

Right here: https://uchi.ru/otvety/questions/ch...-the-complex-object-1-i-did-not-expect-that-s

 

[jutfrank]

Do the two sentences make sense though?

Yes. Here are paraphrases:

As far as you know, did he go abroad two days ago?
She could hardly believe that he had been rescued.

 

[Tarheel]

Yes. Here are paraphrases:

As far as you know, did he go abroad two days ago?
She could hardly believe that he had been rescued.

Those make sense.

 

[Tarheel]

Right here: https://uchi.ru/otvety/questions/ch...-the-complex-object-1-i-did-not-expect-that-s

Two things. One, we do not capitalize grammar terms. Two, I find almost all of them entirely unnatural. For the first one, try: "I did not expect her to forget my birthday." You could also say: "I was surprised that she forgot my birthday."

What's a complex object supposed to be?