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 Re: considered
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Originally Posted by MikeNewYork  Some of those Google entires are errors, but some are correct. The verb "consider" can act like a linking verb, one that takes a predicate adjective or predicate nominative (noun), when it means "deemed to be".
When you say a man is considered innocent, you are linking the adjective "innocent" to "man".
In another sentence "Ignorance of the law is not considered innocence", the noun "innocence" is linked to the subject.
It all depends on what meaning is intended. |  - hadn't thought of that.
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