an English language problem

[backsultang2]

Hello!

I am an English teacher who teaches Korean students.

I gave an English question to my students as one of the final exam questions.

I asked them to rewrite the sentence, 'You may find hard to accept your illness' into a

grammatically right sentence. Of course, the answer is 'You may find it hard to accept

your illness.' But I found an anwer of my students, such as 'You may find it is hard to

accept your illness.' I think this sentence is grammatically not wrong, but 'You may find it

hard to accept your illness' is a better anwer. Not knowing what to do with this answer,

I am asking for help. Should I admit 'You may find it is hard to accept your illness' as

a correct answer. If I can't find a particular reason why it is gramatically wrong, I think

I should admit it as a correct answer. So, tell me what you would do if you were in my

shoes.



I'd appreciate if you could respond quickly. Thank you very much!!!

From confused.

[Tdol]

I'd mark it correct and suggest in feedback that your version is more common. I would always say that if a student can come up with a correct answer, even if not the one desired, then they should get the mark.

PS Welcome to the forum.

[Casiopea]

Additionally, the student read "it" as a subject, and the reason "is" was provided:

You may find (that) it is hard to accept your illness.

[backsultang2]

Thanks for your advice.
I'm really glad to find this site.
I think I'll find myself interested in reading posts in this site once in a while.

[blacknomi]

Welcome!

[mykwyner]

You might also consider: "You may find your illness hard to accept," or "Your illness, you may find, is hard to accept." If I think about it, I may find two or three more ways of saying the exact same thing.

Welcome to the forum.

Mike