What does "no doubt" mean?

[Dr. Jamshid Ibrahim]

Originally Posted by udara sankalpa

Hi everybody ,
I've been so relieved after all by the responses. And great many thanks for the explanations. I love evry single word of them I do.

Cheers
Udara

PS
By the way, "I've been so relieved...by the responses". Is this sentence Active or Passive ?, because "relieved" is an adjective too, isn't it?

All the responses have relieved me (active)
I have been relieved by all... (passive)
Passive is more elegant becuase the personal object is put at the beginning here. Me changes to I then.

To be takes an adjective not an adverb because it is a link(ing) verb (copular verb) . All link verbs take adjectives.

[Casiopea]

Originally Posted by Dr. Jamshid Ibrahim

All the responses have relieved me (active)
I have been relieved by all... (passive)

Maybe it's my dialect, but both those examples sound awkward to me. These sound better:

I felt relieved by the responses.
The responses made me feel relieved.

What are your thought?

[Dr. Jamshid Ibrahim]

Originally Posted by Casiopea

Maybe it's my dialect, but both those examples sound awkward to me. These sound better:

I felt relieved by the responses.
The responses made me feel relieved.

What are your thought?

No, you are right Casiopea present perfect is awkward here. You might say I was (felt) relieved because it is seen as a point in time and not a period stretching. I just wanted to show Udara which is active or passive and her problem with link verbs.

[Casiopea]

Originally Posted by Dr. Jamshid Ibrahim

No, you are right Casiopea present perfect is awkward here. You might say I was (felt) relieved because it is seen as a point in time and not a period stretching. I just wanted to show Udara which is active or passive and her problem with link verbs.

Agreed, and understood.

[Delmobile]

I am chiming in to say that here in the US, in addition to all the expressions BobK listed, we also reinforce the idea of certitude with "you can bet the farm" or "you can bet your *ss." The second, of course, is vulgar. :) Oh, and "bet the rent" which has a sort of pleasing assonance.


[native speaker and writer, not a teacher]

[asmaa89]

Originally Posted by udara sankalpa

By the way, "I've been so relieved...by the responses". Is this sentence Active or Passive ?, because "relieved" is an adjective too, isn't it?

The sentence is active.
Here, relieved is an adjective.

asmaa
a learner

[udara sankalpa]

Hi everybody ,
Thank you very much indeed for the support. You guys are awsome.

Thanks & regards
Udara