"think" or "consider"

[Dany]

Which one is more used.

1.) Do you really think the defendant guilty?
2.) Do you really consider the defendant guilty?


Thanks for your help,
Dany

[Mister Micawber]

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The second is common; the first is also common if you insert an 'is' after 'defendant'.
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[Dany]

Thank you for your answer. But now I have a question again.

Why do I have to insert an "is" after defendant in the first sentence, but not in the second?
I'm a little confused

[Nikole]

Because with consider most common construction is to consider smb. adjective(guilty,stupid)

[Lenka]

Thank you for your answer. But now I have a question again.

Why do I have to insert an "is" after defendant in the first sentence, but not in the second?
I'm a little confused

I believe it's very similar to German, isn't it?

1) Ich glaube, dass er ... ist. / Ich glaube, er ist ...
2) Ich finde ihn ...

(Well, finden can't be translated as "consider"... But the grammar is similar ;). I'm sorry - my German is too bad, so I can't help you. Maybe I made mistakes even in the schort "sentences" I've just written (in German))